Wrapping up my East Coast week. Phew. #HUNTERCOLLEGE > WHITE HOUSE > DARTMOUTH // no. 1 // I love the students who bring me out to speak and perform. They are always the most passionate and most active students on campus. I love them for it. Balancing their home expectations with schoolwork and student organizing. I get to meet my kindred spirits EVERYWHERE. I got a pretty great job. HUNTER COLLEGE #CRAASH students tend to be from the New York area, most of them opting to attend this public university because it is still top-notch but affordable. I was struck by how the students are so tightly policed by a super power trippy culture of public safety officers and staff. I was surprised how concerned they were about not seeing an East Coast Asian American identity and feeling like it would all be "less than" the robust West Coast culture they witness on YouTube videos. We covered even deeper, more private ground. One takeaway I suggested was that they can use storytelling and art to shape their own narrative...they can unify their own sense of what an East Coast Asian American identity looks like. I think we watered some seeds. I'm excited to see that happen.