As a sensitive and visual person, I remember watching footage of the students and tanks in Tiananmen Square when I was in high school. I couldn’t even begin to understand the nuances of the political situation from my vantage point as an American high school student from the suburbs in northwest Houston. But I never forgot those images.

Even today, after spending 5 years studying Chinese medicine and 6 weeks in China, my understanding of that time is so limited.  But there I was, standing in Tiananmen Square, reflecting on courageous, bold students everywhere who still believe in changing the world.