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Whether you're first-generation or fifth-generation, the experience of "becoming American" is part of your personal history. Here's where you can share that history.
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Featured Portraits from
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
heidizee | Origin: East China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui)
Because I was born in the US, I never felt like I was an outsider or ever had to "adapt." I always felt lucky that I could be both Chinese and American - never having to choose.
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HardDragon | Origin: South China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, H.K., Macau)
I'm still not an American from legal point of view. But since I live on this land, enjoy the good this country offers and pay taxes, I view myself as an American.
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JGong | Origin: South China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, H.K., Macau)
I went to Club Med last summer, 2001, and I was only one of two Asian men out of 500. I sang Karoake on the second day and everyone remembered me.
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NZ | Origin: Central China (Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi)
Our family is from Hunan province of China. We have been in the US since 1990 and became citizens later on.
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samwish | Origin: South China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, H.K., Macau)
As an English tutor to people who come from different countries, I realize how very American I am.
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Virginialou | Origin: South China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, H.K., Macau)
Growing up in Durham, North Caorlina, my first encounter with who I was and that I was different was on the first day of school.
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Lai Yin | Origin: South China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, H.K., Macau)
My paternal grandmother was born in New York City. As a young widow, she waited tables and cooked in a Chinatown restaurant during the Depression.
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