Jane Park
Staff Reporter
Maria Arozamena, Illustrations Editor
Dear readers of the 2024 AAPI Spissue,
Welcome to the Yale Daily News’ special issue celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! This issue finds us all after the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year — its delivery a bit more delayed than previous AAPI spissues. Yet, as our contributors and members of the new managing board have worked from various parts of the world and timezones to jointly create the “AAPI – Coming of Age” spissue, I am both extremely proud and excited to present these thoughtful and courageous pieces.
Like many of you, my coming of age occurred during the pandemic. My generation of peers and I learned to grow up while simultaneously confronting the surge of brutality and violence against people of color, the uncertainty of ever-changing health and social regulations, and the loneliness and chaos of digital interactions. Our adolescence is tinged by the hues of COVID-19.
Especially with the spike of anti-Asian hate during COVID-19, my coming of age as an Asian-American woman happened side by side with pandemic mourning and the questions of healing that followed. This year, as I reflect about my Asian-American identity in 2024, I am taken…
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