Wrapping up #AAPI Heritage Month, it felt extra special to celebrate my parents turning 70 back in China with my whole family. I especially loved reconnecting with my 4 female cousins for the first time in 8 years. Three unexpected things we share and one we don’t: 1️⃣ Career first: Each of us has put career and financial independence at the top of our list, and at different points each of us has been the primary breadwinner in our family. Two of my cousins also started their own businesses, defying societal odds. 2️⃣ Marry for love, not for comfort: Each of us married a husband who is not from Sichuan, and each of us did long-distance for years because our careers came first. 3️⃣ Raising the next generation of girls: All our kids are daughters, a statistical improbability. All of us were not primary care givers, taking a ton of help from our parents and our husbands. The one thing that sets me apart: none of my cousins ever wanted to leave Sichuan. I had a wanderlust that took me through England, Canada, and the US. They built deep roots. I built wide ones. What I see in my own family this AAPI Heritage Month is not one immigrant story. It is many AAPI women, each choosing differently, while sharing the same backbone. Happy AAPI Heritage Month to every AAPI woman quietly running her career, her family, and sometimes her own company at the same time!!! We are not a monolith. We are a multitude
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