California
I’m a Cambodian Kid From Compton and Because of My Mom, I Graduated From College
As a young man growing up on the East Side of Compton, California, I never quite understood my place in my community or society. I identified as an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), but rarely...
student achievement
A Hmong Charter School Where Success Is Starting to Lead to Integration
I recently visited a high-performing charter school in a low-income urban area. Like so many others—like the one my kids attend in Washington, D.C.—it was founded by members of a local community of...
anti-racism
We’ve Got to Stop Lumping All Asian-Americans Together
I was usually one of a handful of people of color at my school and invisible inside my own identity. I was seen as the Asian girl first and foremost—assumed to be great at math and science,...