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Why you never fit completely in either world

My friends from home say I have changed since I went to college but people at school say I am not professional enough.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural code-switching creates a liminal space where belonging becomes impossible because authenticity is contextually defined and mutually exclusive.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with First-generation identity?”

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