“I am, in mind and full heart, a New Yorker to myself. But, even in a city that is nicknamed The Melting Pot for its diverse population … I am still not universally recognized as a New Yorker, or even as an American, because I am Chinese.”
Author: Catherine Hou
Catherine Hou is a 16-year-old Chinese adoptee completing her junior year at Fieldston High School in The Bronx. As a bisexual woman of color, she is a strong advocate for social activism and believes that equality should not be a privilege, but a universal civil right.