When you’re there for college, you’re pretty coddled. Especially in the suburbs of Wellesley, you’re in your own little bubble. I spent most of my time at Wellesley or with friends on another college campus. I wasn’t around many local Bostonians. I think we were pretty well protected from what was going on in Boston at the time. Despite this, you always experience discrimination as a minority and a female. It’s always there. Especially in the 1980s, we were so trained to make it work. My parents and grandparents always said you have to be strong. You can’t let any of this destroy your goals, mission, or ambition to do what you want. I’m sure I have blocked out a lot of negative experiences from that period. At the same time, I have to put it in its proper perspective. Now that I’m older, I am trying to work on the issues more than when I was in my 20s.
