She has long talked about her mixed-race heritage, writing of her grandfather in 2021: "i can't help but think about the discrimination he faced daily having a black wife and 6 bi racial children ...

I was a mixed-race girl with a Korean Japanese mother and an African American father, and none of the other kids at my school were like me. I was nearly 6 feet tall by the time I was 11 years old.

The books that Isabella – Izzy to those who know her – turns to most often focus on the experience of ethnic minorities, particularly mixed race people. She has spent hours reading every ...