@stephaniemeiling

Last day of #aapiheritagemonth ! Wanted to share a project I was invited to participate in, along with 8 other Asian photographers, where we shared our history and culture and the meaning and origins of our names. Thank you @shuranhuang and @arinyoon for having me. Thank you @bdcruz for the edit @npr ———————— Self-portrait, BK 2022 My mother and auntie, LA 2019 Mei-Ling is a combination of my mother's name, 玲玲 / Ling Ling, and my auntie's name, 美美 / Mei Mei. My grandfather named my mother after a famous actress at the time, and the name Ling means the sound of jade or the tinkling of jade. My auntie's name, Mei, means beautiful. According to the 2010 Taiwanese census, Mei-Ling was the third most popular name for women.