In this year's Asian Heritage Month blog series,
we honour role models who have had a profound impact on our lives.
The title "Model Citizen" invokes a reclaiming of a term
that is often used to label certain minority individuals as
aspirational based on stereotypes and assumptions. In this series,
you will read stories about real people who have been real role
models to us.
Sarah, Sadaf, Zahra, Sana, Kareena, Amena, Mahnum, Yumna,
and Leena. We are a group of nine cousins, all born within a
decade and bound together by our ancestry. I am grateful to our
grandmother who brought our mothers, and us, to life.
Sarah is from Cheeni. She is our
eldest and bravest sister. She supports our every decision, and
always feels like home. Sadaf, well, she is
from Dolly. She is best described as soft-hearted and
jolly. Her work ethic is unparalleled, and her dance moves are
sublime.
