(un)apologetic

When I look back at 2020's Lao New Year family pic I'm always gonna remember this year 😂🙄

In one of my classes, we were asked to write an autobiographical statement about our experiences with curriculum as K-12 students. The prompt asked, "In this brief statement, you will discuss one or two of your own formative experiences with curriculum, and how these have affected your identity, beliefs, interests, or goals". It was hard to remember some of the details, as it was a while ago that I was in school. I wanted to share some of the things that I have written for class, so here is my autobiographical statement.

a few weeks ago, my sisters and i had the opportunity to visit a brick & mortar Lao restaurant in downtown Greensboro, NC, called Lao Restaurant + Bar. 

cw: sadness, jail, oppression it's graduation season.

This week, I had the chance to attend a convening called AAPI's Beyond Bars & Beyond Borders in Seattle, WA. It was an opportunity for me to learn more about incarceration & deportation in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, from currently & formerly incarcerated brothers, and from other community organizations. I was grateful, honored and humbled to be in such a space, with the people who fight so hard for their villages.