Sometime I feel like I have to work ten times harder just to be seen as equal. I study, I work, I try to be respectful, but still people look at me like I don’t belong. They ask, “Where are you from?” like I’m a tourist. I’ve been here for years. This is home now too. It’s exhausting to always be “the foreigner.” I just want to be accepted without having to prove myself every d### time. I’m not stupid. I’m not weak. I’m just trying to live my life like everybody else.