Hi, my name is Sneha and I'm a Psychology major at UT Dallas. Finding your identity is a continuous process. I’m not exactly sure who exactly I am and what I want to be yet, but I believe that is the beauty of the journey of life. All throughout life, society labels you and gives you an identity whether you like it or not but there is more to life than this title. I see myself as an Indian woman that immigrated to America at the young age of 4 and faced many hardships. I was able to overcome the barriers placed on me and make something out of myself. At a young age I experienced racism and was shocked by how painful it felt. I didn’t know why people felt the need to belittle and look down upon someone that didn’t look like them and that didn’t grow up the same way that they did. I didn’t understand why people didn’t celebrate these differences and respect them. For a long time, I wanted to look like my peers and blend in so that I wouldn’t be picked out and made fun of. It took me most of my life to realize that blending in isn’t what is going to make me happy. I was hiding my true self through this process and therefore hurting myself by doing so. So if asked what I identify as I will have to answer with: I’m not sure, I’m just trying to be my authentic self and live each day as it comes.