A Letter to the Motherland

Stephanie Zhu
4 min readJan 24, 2020

Dear Chinese ancestors,
Thank you.

I am where I am because of what you did. There is no possible other way. I have been able to land in this place in time and space thanks to your hard work, to uplift all the generations to come. The pursuit of a better life for future generations has paid off.

I am the future generation with a truly better life.

I have the freedom to do whatever I want. I have the awareness to break out of societal molds. I have been set up for success by you.

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Stephanie Zhu

Passionate about agriculture policy and agroecology. MS Student in Rural Sociology & International Agriculture and Development @ Penn State University