ABSTRACT
Monica is an attractive 40-year-old second generation Korean American woman with two young children married to a White American. We sit in the kitchen of her upscale Chicago home while she cuts up fresh fruit and vegetables for her children when they return home from school. Our conversation takes place during the morning and the early afternoon, the only time she can carve out before her children come back. Monica is a stay-at-home mom at the moment. Rather reserved at first, she quickly warms up to my questions and becomes progressively more reflective during the interview, especially about her childhood struggles with her ethnic and racial identity. 1
