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My mother's ethnicity is half-Japanese. She was born in Okinawa and moved here when she was ten years old. All of my siblings were raised around the Japanese culture and food that she remembered growing up with. Little things such as taking off shoes when entering the house, having house specific slippers, Japanese knick-knacks like Buddha statues, mochi, inarizushi no moto, etc.

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My father's ethnicity is a mix of Slovak, Slovenian, Ukraine, and German. All of those has influenced what was cooked in the house when it was his turn. Pierogi, bratwurst with sauerkraut, golabki, etc. Slovkia has had the most significance in my life though due to my last name. I get questioned often about at doctor's appointments, work, school, and hockey. It mostly gets mistaken as Polish or Russian and very rarely gets correctly guessed.

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Identifying my sexual orientation as bisexual has affected my life somewhat. The people I've surrounded myself with are accepting of it but new people that I meet aren't always so positive. In high school the LGBT+ kids tended to group together just because we had a lot in common and felt safe around each other.

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Playing hockey for eleven years I have been exposed to people from all different cultures. Hockey players have a culture and language of their own that only we really understand. Travel hockey exposed me to how people from different states treat the sport. Some states are more serious than others.

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I do follow the societal norms of femininity in the United States simply because I like it. Wearing makeup, doing my hair, and caring about fashion trends are things I like and care about. Feeling feminine makes me comfortable. I don't fill all the stereotypes of being of woman. I love sports, weight training, and the outdoors. And that's the favorite part about myself is the constant surprise people get. Walking into the ice rink with a dress and full face of makeup and winning a co-ed game with a shut out.