Community Stories 

My parents came to America seeking for more alternatives in life to attain a better future. Back in India, it was highly competitive and...

The American Dream means coming to America and getting a world of opportunities at your fingertips, but this is not the reality for many....

I feel that the representation of LGBTQIA+ history, while doing better, is stick lacking in history curriculums. This year was the first...

Even at an all-girls school, I have experienced mostly a male, white, straight education. I have learned zero facts about LGBTQIA+...

I don't feel represented in the American historical curriculum. As a brown, mixed female, I feel underrepresented in my history classes...

I think that gender history is not accurately represented in history curriculum. Since Middle School, so many females I've learned about...

At my school, and at others I have been to in the past, I think the curriculums don't often reach far beyond what is "relevant" to the...

The danger of a white, male-centric historical narrative is the fact that the story is told from the point of view of a small fraction of...

As a straight white woman, I feel pretty well represented when it comes to American curriculum. However, I do see many circumstances...

As a Chinese girl, I'm a foreigner and a stranger to the United States. I have black hair, yellowish skin, and black pupils. I am a...

My name is Elena Zeballos. I am half Hispanic and half Caucasian. My Abuelito was invited by the US government to live in the USA for...

To me, the American Dream is the idea that anyone that works hard can fulfill their dreams and have a better life. I am Caucasian, so I...

To me, the American Dream is a historic ideal promising that through hard work and individualism, any American has the ability to better...

I feel that the American Dream does not seem to fit the lives of people of color, simply because of what it is and how people created...

My story began before I drew breath. I am a product of my family’s lifelong held hope, their dreams, and their nightmares. They hoped to...

I’ve been mute all my life. I can physically speak, I just haven’t spoken for as long as I can remember. I started going to therapy after...

I just recently realized I was pansexual. I never really thought much about relationships until my late teens. At the beginning of the...