I have been a full-time professional singer-songwriter for almost my entire life (since age 15). Having grown up in Bowie, MD in an almost entirely white, middle class neighborhood, I had no Chinese identity as my parents wanted their children to assimilate as was the norm back in the 1950s. But when i moved to San Grancisco to go to college i was amazed at the huge Asian population there, and began to embrace my heritage whole-heartedly. Now in addition to my music work I also teach about China in a workshop for elementary school-aged kids called “Let’s Go to China!” I had to research my culture from scratch!
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