Emily Wang (‘22), Tustin, California

Emily is from Shanghai, but currently resides in Tustin. Emily is ecstatic to be with her family during the February break that now coincides with the Chinese New Year dates as opposed to being at school. She follows the tradition of wishing elders a happy new year to show respect, the adults giving money to children in the form of red packets, and eating her favorite 汤圆 (tang yuan), which are glutinous rice balls. 

“On this holiday, we would make and eat many types of dumplings,” Emily said. “Sometimes we would even put a cleaned coin in one of them to represent good luck to whoever gets the dumpling.”