Kristin (Kristen) Lee
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
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I'm 13 years old and just said goodbye to my parents after they've dropped me off at the University of Iowa dorms for summer sleepaway genetics camp.
I am so excited, I'm gonna stay up late talking to my roommate, hang out with friends whenever I want to, plus we're gonna learn about mitosis and meiosis and Mendel and mutations and how can this possibly not go well.
When I get back up to my room, my roommate Megan has just moved in and the first thing she says to me is, I knew you were gonna be friends from the moment I saw the clothes hanging in your closet.
That's a little odd, but at least she likes me.
And that first day, a small crew of girls forms around Megan and me.
And I'm so excited I've already made my friends.
The first week of camp is a paradise of biology.
We make 3D models of the double helix structure of DNA, lining up those A's and T's and C's and G's.
We transcribe DNA sequences into RNA and translate that into amino acids and protein structures.
And I feel like we've been given the secret code of life, which we have.
I geek out over Punnett Square problem sets and mapping pedigrees, shading those circles and squares to show how a disease is transmitted through a family.
Classic summer camp activities.
It's the best.
I have to admit, though, I'm getting some weird vibes from my new friends.
Every morning as we walk through the university quad on the way to class,
Heather makes fun of my hair and teases me about the keychains on my backpack.
Tori scribbles on my homework and crumples it up.
Megan starts borrowing my stuff without asking and I find notes on my desk written in my eyeliner that say, I'm wearing your sandals today.
But it's okay, I know how to deal with people like this.
13 years growing up as a Chinese American girl in Iowa have taught me how to fit in as an interloper.
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