https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy en-us 2022-08-24 21:29:10 UTC 2022-08-24 21:45:42 UTC hello@padlet.com mathu529 https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy/wish/2270614540 I am Tamil, and my parents were born and raised in Sri Lanka and immigrated to the U.S. in adulthood. They grew up in the height of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which persecuted Tamils and lasted into my childhood. This often made me reconcile with the privileges of growing up in the U.S. ]]> 2022-08-24 21:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy/wish/2270614540 mathu529 https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy/wish/2270617490 In college, I became really passionate about journalism and writing. I began to see it as a way to hold institutions accountable and to tell stories about race, gender, and sexuality. ]]> 2022-08-24 21:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy/wish/2270617490 mathu529 https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy/wish/2270619751 As a queer person, I'm also really interested in intersectionality and how race, gender, and sexuality intersect with each other. ]]> 2022-08-24 21:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mathu529/bxhmfvy97j98xyzy/wish/2270619751