“Where are you from?” It seems like such an innocent question, but even now I still feel conflicted when asked, and when trying to answer. Where am I from? I am the daughter of two-time immigrants, and I am an immigrant in my own right as well. I have lived in the country of my parents’ birth, the country of my ancestors. I have lived in the country of my birth, the first country my parents emigrated to, and the country I married into. I have lived in the country where my parents finally settled, and where I mostly grew up. I identify with each of these countries. Lastly, I am an immigrant to yet another country.

So, where am I from? Where do I fit in? Who am I? What is my cultural identity? These are all questions that are difficult to answer.

In this interactive presentation, using the example of my and my family’s stories of immigration, I will explore some of the complexities of cultural identity that emerge in the face of the superficially simple question “Where are you from?”