Mariana, lives & works in Ozone Park, grew up in Venezuela, identifies as Hispanic and Arabic

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Wojciech, lives in Ridgewood, grew up in Bialystok, Poland, identifies as Polish

Michael, lives & grew up in Astoria, works in Manhattan, identifes as Irish-Italian

Ian, lives in Jamaica, works in East Elmhurst, grew up in Jamaica West Indies, identifes as African-American

M.D. Aminur, lives in Sunnyside, grew up in Bangladesh, identifies as Bangladeshi

Celia, lives in Yonkers, works in Woodside, grew up in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, identifies as Irish

Peter, lives in Floral Park, grew up in Brooklyn, works in NYC, identifies as Italian-American

Rami, lives in Ozone Park, grew up in Lebanon, works in Brooklyn, identifies as Arabic

Francis, lives in Flushing, works in Glen Oaks, grew up in Gujarat India, identifies as Indian

Penda, lives in Jamaica, grew up in Senegal, identifies as African-Senegalese

Johnny, lives in Jamaica, grew up in NY, identifies as Black American