

A mosaic of America's famously emerging identity told by a single person from each state.
In the United States, you may have been born in one state or even in a different country. You may go to school or work in another community, and then move somewhere else by choice or circumstance. What is it that ties us to these places and makes us call them home? And how does our state affect who we are and how we identify ourselves?
In the United States, you may have been born in one state or even in a different country. You may go to school or work in another community, and then move somewhere else by choice or circumstance. What is it that ties us to these places and makes us call them home? And how does our state affect who we are and how we identify ourselves?
Patricia, a master quilter and culture advocate, says that being Hawaiian is her pulse.
Hawai'i
LaVona was born on the same day Arizona became a state – tying their identities together.
Arizona
Dedicated to the Navajo Nation people, Floyd has witnessed their struggles and dualities.
New Mexico
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