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A Basic Recipe

How cooking in quarantine helped me get along better with my mom.

by Jenny Zheng

During previous summers, it felt like my mom was irked by my very presence at home. So at the beginning of quarantine, I was constantly arguing with my parents. After huge fights, once our anger dissipated, one of them might plop a bowl of chestnuts on my desk and throw in a line about their nutritional value.

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My Family Taught Me About My Roots

by Vienna Du

When I was in elementary school, I noticed that White students were favored by my teachers, from being picked first to be class monitors to being excused when bullying other children. In toy stores, my sister and I looked at rows and rows of White dolls wondering why none of them looked like us.
Bullying and Jealousy Made Me Into Someone I Didn’t Like

by S.G.

Names have been changed. Being bullied and losing a friend made me loud and obnoxious. By high school, when I realized what I had become, it was hard to change. It started in elementary school. In kindergarten I had a good friend, Sam, and we did everything together.
Should I Go to College or Make Money?

by E.M.

After hearing my name announced on YouTube as a graduate of the class of 2020, I felt relieved. I shut my laptop and threw my black cap toward my bedroom ceiling. Later on, my family had a small party with graduation balloons and sandwiches.
“You’re So Pretty, You Must Be Half-White”

by Anonymous

I had my 14th and 15th birthdays during Covid, when anti-Asian violence was on the rise. Previously, I had experienced a few racist people pull their eyes back and make offensive remarks about eating dogs, but this was the first time I felt afraid and unwanted in my own country.

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Stories by Teens in Foster Care

Writing My Way to Love

It not only helps me through the challenges of foster care, it keeps me close to a caring friend.

by S.G.

Names have been changed. Although my brother Zack was a year older than I was, sometimes I felt like the big sister. I was bolder than he was and I stuck up for him when he was about to be beaten by our adoptive parents.

Youth-written stories in Represent give inspiration and information to teens in foster care while offering insight into those teens’ struggles.

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