Grace Tie
12th grade
Novi High School
My name is Grace, I’m 12th grader and Novi High School, and I joined this project because I’m very involved in social advocacy and wanted to learn more about how I could contribute to the cause through creating oral histories, which isn’t something that everyone gets the opportunity to do!
In my free time, I enjoy playing the piano, playing in the orchestra, reading books, and baking for my family and friends.
Dan Heur was born in 1973 in Seoul, South Korea. He moved to the U.S. from Scheyern, Germany in 1983, when he was only 9 years old. In the video, Heur compares and contrasts the experiences he had as an Asian youth who lived in both Germany and the U.S., as well as how they’ve shaped his identity.
Heur currently works as an engineer and lives in Novi, Michigan with his wife and three children.
Pei Yee Tang was born in 1977 in Sarawak, Malaysia. She moved to the U.S. from Penang, Malaysia, in 2018, when she was 41 years old. In the video, Tang talks about her experience moving to the U.S., as well as how she made the decision to study nursing to help support her family’s finances.
Tang currently lives in Michigan with her husband and three daughters.