By Andrew McDonald
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Yasmeen is a driven and passionate New Yorker, hijabi, and computer science enthusiast. She never lets anything stop her from what she loves, and is forwarding the same message to young computer science enthusiasts too. So I was born in Chicago and moved to Queens when I was five years old and had been raised […]
"My weakest moment taught me that I am strong and I can change my life through the power of education. I am strong."
By Zainab Khan
"Cancer has set many obstacles throughout my life, but without it I would not be the man I am today. Although this disease does not define me, the lessons I learned from it will have an influence in my life forever."
"As cliché as it sounds, it was solidarity and community that saved me from taking those constant taxi rides at my own personal crossroads. To find this community, I had to accept the merging of the crossroads I had created for myself and were obligated to."
"I had been shown a new world of happiness and tranquility; all of which was acquired through acceptance of who I am - my true identity."
"Living in Pakistan is vastly different than living in America and here I have brought my experiences, my struggles, my cultural diversity, my joys, and my ethics to add to this beautiful mosaic of the American culture."
"Muslims in America are advantageously positioned because we are united in belief. Our histories can be part of conversation – and it’s a springboard for us to learn about the world."
"I have learned valuable lessons which have shaped me into the person that I am. However, my journey doesn't end here."
"I accepted my identities as one in the same, and learned to live with the complexities and complications that accompanied them. While my life was shaped by conflict, it does not need to define it."
"For to have stagnant aspects of one’s identity is to be plagued with an intolerable mind towards change. Change has fueled my world and continues to craft my identity."
