from Amecian-Chinese youth

Eric Joe: Roots has given me a deeper appreciation for the strength vision, and perseverance of my ancestors to know America held the promise of a better life for their future generations. Their tremendous courage and sacrifices have given me every opportunity I have today.
  
 Oscar Gee: I begin to understand what the Chinese means in Chinese American a little more. Bringing it back to the roots allows for my present being to influence my future ones.
  
Korey Lee: My identity is defined by my being both Chinese and American. The roots program brought me to realizations and discoveries about myself and reinforced my pride in being Chinese American. The journey to China helped me realize and discover more of my identity, what I was, what I am, and what I will be. The road of self-discovery is a lifetime experience and Roots was the first mile.
  
 Robert Mar: traveling throughout southern China, seeing the lifestyles of the people who live there, and visiting the birthplaces of my parents allowed me to see the origin of my Chinese ethnicity in the context of China, as it used to be when my ancestors lived there, and in the way China exists today, moving toward modernization and becoming a member of the global community.
 
Wilson Woo: Roots program is awesome. The program gives an opportunity to view the world in one, s own eye. What I was looking for from the program was not only my identity, but meaning in life¡­how my family ties affect my life. True meaning is to feel alive in one's life.
  
Roland Ng: Although I have never visited this land before, upon seeing an elementary school picture of myself in my great-grandmother, s village. I knew my Roots journey had brought me home.
 
Irix Chin: The Roots learning curve is exponential. I learned more about myself and the world during my three weeks in China than I learned during a year spent at home.
  

Editor: Dawn                                                                                  by: Source:GOCN