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Celine DamCeline Dam

Celine Dam is a Vietnamese-Chinese writer and actor from Auckland, New Zealand. Celine has written for print, online publications and zines and is grateful to inform others through her unique lens. Through both art forms, she hopes to bring light to more Asian stories within western media.

Dear Baba and Mama: A letter to my Asian parents about my depression

27 September 2020 by Celine Dam

‘There is no word for depression in Vietnamese,’ writes Celine Dam, as she tries to tell her parents how she’s been feeling for too long now. Dear Baba and Mama, The world that you have tried to shelter me from has caught up on me. I am 19 now and my secrets have grown too … Read more

Categories Featured, Society Tags asian new zealanders, Depression, Mental Health, Vietnamese community

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