00:00Who are you?
00:02What is your identity?
00:03I think identity is like a slippery slope.
00:06I don't understand why Asian Pacific Islander is a thing.
00:11A lot of America is never going to see me as American.
00:16My father, he didn't want us to have that Hmong or Asian accent.
00:20All of us are going to try to be American.
00:26In Hawaii, that's really the first place where I sort of grew into my identity.
00:30When I moved to Reduced Lunch, I was like, ooh, we are arriving.
00:34There's a piece of me that thrives on being the underdog.
00:38My trans identity, I see it as a bit of a superpower.
00:43I took that comfort and confidence into my last audition for SNL.
00:47They throw something at me, I throw it right back at them.
00:51The most powerful tool that we have is our voice.
00:54We are resilient.
00:55My family had a lot to do with my ambition.
00:58My home allows me to be me.
01:00If you do not look at where you came from, you can never reach your destination.
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