This article is an autoethnographic performative account based on my story as a transnational adopted academic disabled scholar of color finding my own sense of personal and professional “home.” The format was constructed based on my previous work of specific movie scenes and corresponding dialogue appearing throughout the text. The resulting piece showcases the journey and the struggles to find and to intentionally build my home in the academy using my complex identities as the foundation.
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