In Memphis, people always look at me twice,” says Mina Hong, a Korean-Canadian-American and teacher currently residing here. The Cordova International Farmers Market is one of the few places in Memphis where I feel people won’t look at me twice. As I enter the market for the first time, I wonder if these familiar strangers feel what I feel. I wonder if they also feel like they exist in the “in-between.” I see eyes that are smaller and slanted, and others that are rounder and more almond-shaped

Ask any experienced or veteran teacher for advice and one thing you will always hear is “never take work home with you.” But what nobody really says is that avoiding “taking work home with you” also means trying not to carry the weight of secondary trauma, PTSD, anxiety, insomnia, and constantly changing policies, all of which are proven to affect teachers at high rates. Sure, teachers can stay at school after hours to finish grading papers or complete lesson plans for the week, but part of bein