I transform everyday consumer items to create new objects that represent my personal cultural heritage. My paternal ancestors came to Hawai’i from China to work on the plantations in the 1890s, my maternal grandparents emigrated to the United States from China in the 1950s, and I was born and raised in Texas in the beginning of the 2000s. While I am physically far from the places my family is from, I connect with my heritage through traditions, like lei making, routines, such as saving plastic bags, and buying canned delicacies at the store like spam. When my dad cooks at home he adds “The Secret Hawaiian Ingredient,” ketchup. While these are just items and every day routines, they are how I express my identity and connect with the traditions of my ancestors and with my community.