In the personal story Sara shares below, she notes that living a hyphenated life can be awfully complicated. Early in her presentation, Sara explains: “On one side of my hyphen, I am “American”. By birthright, by schooling and soccer games, by BBQ’s and birthday parties, by public library card, by voter card. I am brown-eyed Americana-1st generation. And on the other side of the hyphen I am East Indian. By blood and bangles, by saris and smells of chicken, and masalas, and curries throughout my childhood home. But on 9/11 my hyphenated identity became a little more complicated. The invisible became visible.
