The system was not built for us. Sometimes, for those that will stop at nothing to reach their dreams, this can feel like a cop-out, but that is not the case.

I’ve always known deep down I wanted to pursue a career in healthcare.

The volatile nature of today’s global economy is that professions in fields of engineering, science, technology, mathematics, and business management are very important to our current societies’ ways of life.

There are several rules to being the perfect Asian in the United States, many of which I have adopted from my—and other—immigrant Taiwanese mothers.

Today, young Asian women across the United States are pursuing higher education to further themselves in professional sciences, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM).

‘Oh, you do Geography? So what do you do? Colour in maps?’ I had this same (one-sided) conversation with countless people over and over again for 3 years.