220: Embrace Your Identity With Joy Stoffers

Joy Stoffers was raised in East Brunswick, NJ, by a Taiwanese mother and a Caucasian father. At the age of six, she wrote, illustrated, and promptly recycled her first short story. Since then she dreamed of becoming a novelist. She holds a BA in English from Rutgers University and an MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University, UK. Harken Media published her debut novel, Whasian, on November 2, 2015. Growing up as a mixed racial child, Joy never knew where she fit in which caused identity confusion on her part. This led her to being doubtful and never committing to anything. Once she decided to embrace her identity, that is when her confidence also came out in the process. Tune into Joy's episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Joy's episode, Joy's website, resources, gifts and so much more.