I knew I was different from most kids at my school, but I didn't have the tools to understand why. Being biracial has led me ...

It was easier to shed traces of my Nigerian identity to fit in and be seen as from the States. Becky Akinyode Left: Dressed in my gold buba with beige aso oke, paired with the Row sandals ...

When I first stepped on campus at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), I was a nervous first-generation college ...

How do you maintain the complexities of your unique identity while also searching for a sense of belonging? To answer some of these questions, I had a conversation with my dad, who is my ...

It was always my dream, but raising two kids as a stay-at-home mom was harder than I thought. I lost my identity during my ... women were taught their main purpose was to become a wife and then ...

“This is my purpose…using my music ... to see how a song can be written in a closed room with people that you connected to and then suddenly it comes alive on stage, and you have millions ...

The calendar says Bloomsday is approaching, but my mind says something else: My identity as a runner is in crisis. For decades, I’ve defined myself by times and trophies, but this year ...

At that point in my life, I was pretty emotionally connected to my name and I wanted ... assume I would give up such a large part of my identity, especially when I specified my name at my wedding ...