My Name

As an immigrant that moved to a very non-diverse neighborhood, I had trouble trying to embrace my Chinese name and make people pronounce a foreign word. Thus, my cousin helped me choose an English name to make it easier for everyone. However, going with another name put me through a lot of identity crisis. I always felt a shift in character whenever the names used are being changed. It was not until I learned the beauty of my name and realized that was part of my identity that I should've appreciated where I started mentioning it more often.