“…I’d been completely against [visiting Israel], because in college I started to get very political, and I wanted nothing to do with Israel. I didn’t want to support their policies toward the Palestinians, and I didn’t want to go by myself on a tour that was going to try to make me love a place that I had so many problems with. But then, in late 2006, I was 26, and I realized that my time was running out. I was having a conversation with my mother – we were arguing about Arafat or something – and she made the good point that maybe before I started having all these very strong opinions, I should go and check it out for myself.”

Sarah Glidden

“…The notion of having a ’secret identity’ is something that I suspect a lot of people can identify with. You know that mild-mannered guy in the cubicle next to you? Yeah, after work, it turns out he’s an underground breakdancer or something. And I think for Asian Americans, the analogy is even more potent. Because for a lot of us, the idea of a shifting identity is an issue that we deal with on a daily basis.”

Secret Identities