Keishla He
Keishla He (Chinese: 何嘉裟; born c. 2002)[1] is a Puerto Rican social media personality who posts about her identity as a person of Asian descent in Puerto Rico. She also speaks out against xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biography
[edit]He was raised in Puerto Rico.[2] Her parents immigrated from China and opened a restaurant.[2] Though Spanish was her primary language, 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 viewers' being surprised by 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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MAG, NOTICIAS (2022-05-13). "Viral: Keishla He, la puertorriqueña de ascendencia china que sorprende en TikTok por su particular estilo | Puerto Rico | Estados Unidos | Tendencia | Historias | nnda nnrt | HISTORIAS". Mag. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Chinese Puerto Rican TikToker goes viral for explaining multicultural identity". NBC News. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ a b Jackson, Jhoni (2020-08-31). "Toma Nota: Asian Boricua TikToker Keishla Defends Her Identity". Remezcla. Retrieved 2023-04-27.