Sometimes the best way to understand yourself is through the reflection of another person. That’s what’s happening with one young college sophomore at UCLA. In 2013, Shelly Li joined China Care Bruins, an on-campus club that pairs college students with children adopted from China. According to Shelly, her mentee, nine-year-old Ruby Knowlton, is more knowledgeable about Chinese traditions than she is, despite the fact that Ruby is growing up in a white family in a primarily white neighborhood. That perception has made Shelly conscious about her own relationship with Chinese culture – and her parents.

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Shelly and Ruby - from the San Gabriel Valley episode

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