“And for me it was important to at least try to reduce that gap a little bit. The biggest thing was just not being able to be honest in either space because I was trying to please everybody. As I was growing older it became clear that I needed to be able to navigate these two things with more fluidity. Because I don’t want to lose the parts of my culture and faith that I was raised with and feel very connected to, but also I’m an individual and I have wants and needs and desires and things I want to do and express. And I have to find a way to do all these things at once.”