Keishla He
Keishla He (Chinese: 何嘉裟; born c. 2002) is a Puerto Rican social media personality who posts about her identities as a person of Asian descent in Puerto Rico. She also speaks out against xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Life
She was born c. 2002[1] and raised in Puerto Rico.[2] Her parents immigrated from China and opened a restaurant.[2] Spanish was her primary language and she spoke Cantonese with her family and learned English in school.[2] She was the only Asian student at her Puerto Rican high school.[2]
In 2020, she started posting Spanish-language videos on TikTok.[2] She was inspired to speak out against the xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Her posts garnered additional views, in part, due to surprise by people of her Spanish fluency.[2] She began focusing her content on her identity as a person of Asian descent in Puerto Rico.[2][3] By August 2020, she had 52.7 thousand followers on TikTok.[3] This increased to 1.8 million by May 2022.[1]
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Bibliography
- Jackson, Jhoni (August 31, 2020). "Toma Nota: Asian Boricua TikToker Keishla Defends Her Identity". Remezcla. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- Yang, Angela (May 12, 2022). "Chinese Puerto Rican TikToker goes viral for explaining multicultural identity". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- "Viral: Keishla He, la puertorriqueña de ascendencia china que sorprende en TikTok por su particular estilo". Mag. (in Spanish). May 13, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-06.