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girl. When we first met, Tiffany was a

baby-faced seventeen-year-old on her

way to college. She told me then that

she was excited to travel to the East

Coast and meet new people, but was

also afraid of living in a place where no

one else would drink bubble tea, the

popular drink invented in Taiwan.

Now Tiffany was a worldly and sophisticated

college senior. She had studied

abroad in Spain. She signed her notes

with a continental touch: “Abrazos,

Tiffany.” In her Facebook picture, the

childlike look was gone, replaced with

a smile that was still soft and friendly

but also knowing.

Tiffany was on her way to realizing

her dream of becoming a journalist,

having just been elected editor-in-chief

of the college newspaper. She still described

herself as shy—she feels a heat

rush on her face when she first speaks

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