This story originally ran for Teen Vogue:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/asian-american-pacific-islander-identity-in-own-words
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This story originally ran for Teen Vogue:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/asian-american-pacific-islander-identity-in-own-words