Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wendy De La Rosa is the daughter of an inspiring political activist who fought for the working class. Amidst economic uncertainty, Wendy immigrated to the...
Wendy Sun was born in Jinan, China, where she was raised to have an inquisitive mind and palate. She immigrated to the United States before kindergarten, and one of the first differences she...
Born in Shijiazhuang, China, Wenjie Gong grew up eating her grandmother’s tomato egg stir-fry and watching Journey to the West. When she was four, Wenjie joined her parents in the United States,...
Wennie was born in France to a French mother and a father of Syrian heritage; the family immigrated to the US when Wennie was four. She endured a difficult childhood that left her struggling to find...
By Nishant Batsha Nishant Batsha (2013 Fellow) is a writer and historian. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is completing his PhD dissertation in history. He is also...
Wilfredo was born in the Dominican Republic but moved with his family to New York when he was three. His father, a trained engineer, moved the family around the New York area before accepting work as...
WILLIAM HWANG was born in the United States. His parents emigrated from Taiwan and Hong Kong and became naturalized US citizens. The family resides in Potomac, Maryland. William completed his Ph.D....
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Winston spent his early years living with grandparents in China while his parents worked to make a home in the United States. His family had been through many upheavals...
If pressed, Winston Yan can draw you a straight path from his past into the present. Medicine runs in his family: one of his grandmothers was a pediatrician in Wenzhou, a city in southeast...