Yasmeen Awadh is a proud Canadian who sponsored her family successfully to also move to Canada. Whether it was Stephen Harper’s bill to distinguish between naturalized and Canadian-born citizens or the housing crisis facing newcomers under Justin Trudeau, she has reservations about how genuinely federal parties care about the plight of the newcomers.

As a mixed-race person, Yasmeen Awadh’s inner voice is constantly inquiring if she could do more to be Kuwaiti or Filipino. The pressure can be exhausting.