Sydney Heller
Sydney Heller is an Electrical Engineering major from East Moline, IL. She is the daughter of
Susan and Christopher Heller and has one older sister and brother-in-law. Sydney has always
loved the arts and stays involved in singing, dancing, and theatre on campus. She hopes to
eventually combine her interests by applying her Electrical Engineering education to the Arts
and Entertainment industry. Sydney’s piece, “(Not) All Asians Are The Same,” is a response to
all the stereotypes and misconceptions she has encountered throughout her lifetime as an
adopted Asian. She doesn’t expect to eliminate racist culture overnight. However, she hopes
that her work will heighten others’ awareness of the Asian stereotypes that have become so
widely accepted.
