It’s bittersweet to have gone through so much of my life not knowing the full picture of my racial identity and the first gift that I wanted to give my daughter from the day that she came earthside was a name that rooted her in all the aspects of her heritage. Being multiracial myself, I knew some of the situations that my daughter might encounter. In naming her, I wanted to lay a foundation that would guide and empower her as she inevitably explores all the parts of her identity