At the age of 5 or 6 my dad gave me a gold bracelet that had little triangles stars throughout it. I never liked it because I always thought it was too basic; it only had one-color gold and as a kid I always liked dark colors like hot pink, red, blue. But growing up, around the age of 12 I saw that my mom, my aunt, and even my grandma always had a piece of jewelry like earrings, necklace, rings, or a bracelet that was given to them by their parents or by anyone at a very young age. I learned that this bracelet was actually my grandma’s, and she used to wear it in the 1960s. The first time I knew that this bracelet meant a lot to me was when I first thought I lost it. Back in 9th grade I never thought a bracelet would make me leave my class, the whole time it wasn't on my wrist I felt like something was missing. After so many tries I officially gave up just to end up finding it under my desk. This also connects to We The People because now there's so many stores around us like Jackson heights is basically known for gold/diamond jewelry, representing our culture and shows how jewelry is passed down generations because no matter where your from Asian, American, Hispanic most people do have something that's passed down to them that also means a lot to them.

– hiba

Relationship:  Grandchild of im/migrant Grandchild of im/migrant