In part 1 of my conversation with Sydney Ji, UC Berkeley ‘17 and an international customer service assistant at the Berkeley International Office, listen to them talk about their experiences grappling with their racial identity and class privilege as they were growing up in Cupertino, CA and transitioning to UC Berkeley.

*CW: Sydney talks about their mental health during their time growing up in a pretty toxic environment and discusses suicide.

Next week, in part 2, Sydney will talk more about their time at Berkeley, invisible disabilities, their work at the international students’ office, and more!

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Season 2 of Homecoming is wrapping up at the end of this month! After this episode, there are just two more left...and then on to Season 3! :) Thank you all for listening and for your support!

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Thank you to mariokhol and Pixabay for the music!