Typically when you think of an overnight summer camp, you think of all the benefits it will have for the campers – how it will help their personal development and understanding of their culture, ability to make new friends and have fun, and grow their appreciation for the outdoors, amongst many more. What a lot of people (myself included) might overlook, are the aspects of camp that also benefit the counselors, instructors, and staff.

For a long time, I have had this dream of going on a cross country road-trip constantly pestering me. Although I knew that the United States was an incredibly diverse country, both culturally and geographically, I could not shake the idea that if I travelled through certain areas of America I would be singled out, and moreover be classified as an "other".

My grandmother and her family stood on the same ground as Asian Americans do today while attending 626 Night Market—albeit under extremely different circumstances—but it bothers me to know that her history is being forgotten or ignored.