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[Miya] Hey, I'm Miya Cech and this is my sister Kai Cech,

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[Kai] and we played Corinne and Gwen in the American Girl Corinne Tan movie.

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[Kai] I'm half Japanese American, [Miya] ethnically I'm half Chinese and half

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Japanese, but I was born in Tokyo, Japan and I'm so proud of my Asian

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American culture.

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[Miya] I think that learning about other cultures and embracing different cultures

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is such a gift.

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[Kai] And learning about my friends cultures, we feel so much closer to them,

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like we can share family traditions together.

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[Miya] Definitely Japanese girls day. [Kai] For sure!

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[Miya] It falls on March 3rd. [Kai] And my sisters and I would always dress up in kimonos.

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[Miya] Oh, and we ate sakura mochi!

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[Miya] I really think about our grandparents and how they grew up in a time where there

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were so few opportunities for Asian Americans.

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I think a lot about what they sacrificed so that we can do what we love today.

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[Kai] As an actor, in the beginning I was really shy,

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but my sister was really what inspired me and made me feel more confident through

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her coaching and watching her work, so I feel so grateful for her.