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Congratulations to the winners of 2023 BCAH Student Essay Contest!

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Raikha Patel
First Prize
11/12 Grades
“Thank you,” America


Alisha Yi
First Prize
9/10 Grades
Beyond Skin-Deep

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Jasmine Gluck
First Prize
7/8 Grades
Less Asian than John Mulaney

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Isaac Choi Moon
First Prize
7/8 Grades
Contemplations on AAPI Heritage
Picture

Image above was designed by Abbie Deng & Cindy Wang

Lauren Lin
Second Prize
7/8 Grades
Every moment of our lives


Jacob Choi Moon
Second Prize
7/8 Grades
Asian American Culture to Me


Irene Park
Second Prize
​7/8 Grades
Opportunity in Hardships
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Kevin Xiang
Second Prize
7/8 Grades
Flavors of AAPI Heritages

Bios of essay contest judges

Amitha Jagannath Knight
 writes books, stories, and poems for all ages and is a graduate of MIT and Tufts University School of Medicine. Her debut picture book, Usha and the Big Digger, won the 2023 Mathical Book Prize Honor Award. Dr. Knight has lived in Texas and Arkansas, and currently lives in Belmont with her husband, kids, and cats.

Ning Ma is the author of The Age of Silver: The Rise of the Novel East and West (Oxford UP, 2016). She holds a doctoral degree in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, and has been working in academic research, higher education, and publishing. She has been a Belmont resident since 2012.

Susan Tan is the author of the Cilla Lee-Jenkins series (Macmillan), the Pets Rule! Early reader series (Scholastic) and Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards (Macmillan). All her work centers Asian American readers and characters, and her passion is creating the stories she wishes she had as a young mixed race Asian American reader. She is also an assistant professor of English at UMass Boston, and she lives in Cambridge, MA.
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