Read Laura 
Skandera Trombley’s eloquent piece on the lifelong struggle of coming to terms with one’s identity. Skandera Trombley, president of Pitzer College, opines on themes that she’s navigated personally and professionally:
“For most of my life, I have felt as though I am a historical blank, wandering in an epistemological wilderness, since many distinguishing aspects of my past and origin were unknown. That blankness has been reinforced over the years by assumptions made on the basis of my physical appearance.”
http://chronicle.com/article/What-s-in-a-Name-/145391/