The scene was Victoria's Chinatown. The year, 1991. A seven-year-old Jordana crouched by a wooden shelf housing a stack of shiny, multi-colored diaries with her sister. Her sister, being "wiser" by six years, insisted she choose a plain red brocade journal, but Jordana knew better, she had eyes only for the best: a thick glossy lavendar journal with a swan on the cover and hefty padlock, sure to keep out prying sisters and parents. The journal was heavy with the scent of sandalwood and would only become heavier with all the childhood secrets it later contained.
Since that fateful evening, Jordana fell in love with the art of pouring her thoughts onto paper. It was only in writing that she could confess the things she could not say, from her childhood aversion of her Chinese heritage, to her recent realization of how much that heritage was written upon her. As a 5th generation Chinese-Canadian, she has struggled against what others thought she should be - too white for most Asians, but not enough to be Canadian either. Throughout her life, Jordana has has been asked "What are you?" without having any real answer. However, this has only strengthened her resolve to forge her own path, and through her writing, to show others that people cannot be put so easily into molds.
Jordana currently moonlights as a software developer while pursuing her dreams of being an Asian Carrie Bradshaw slash the next Amy Tan. Besides her work with Schema, Jordana also publishes her own fashion & style blog, along with various other freelance writing work. Her vices include over-sleeping, gangsta rap, shopping, bbt, and cheesy kung-fu movies. She has traveled throughout Europe and Asia, but she will never call home anywhere that is not near the ocean.
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