Every year the Southeast Asia Center is proud to award students Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. Two SEAC FLAS alumni, Hunter Marston and Hannah Bassett, recently wrote about their current experiences. To read Hunter Marston’s post click here! To read Hannah Bassett’s post click here! To read more about FLAS Awardee’s click here!

George grew up in Los Angeles (L.A.). For many, L.A. is a mecca for ethnic diversity. But George “felt a little out of place” for having a Vietnamese father and a Filipino mother. In college, George found home, so to speak, in Asian American studies. “For the first time in my life I felt like