About Out of Office Roasters

I had spent my adolescent years as a flounder shoving my everything into the sands of America, trying to blend in with my peers. I had come of age feeling that my belonging was something to prove. “I AM FROM CALIFORNIA”, I would declare. As if my belonging was in the hands of people to be given, but never my own to take. I could only decide which side I was on, whom I was allowed to align with. Yet, I could never be of any of the worlds from which I came (American, Korean, Filipino). I could be ONLY one or the other. I was filled with fear as if someone with greater claim than me. Someone full, someone whole, would appear and object. I would be ridiculed for my accent again, filled to the brim with embarrassment and shame. So Out of Office was founded. We are here to pursue what it means to stand between multiple worlds. For others to hear our stories and stand with us. To provide hope so others will overcome their fears. Together, we can represent and inspire what it truly means to be Out of Office. We are those that follow that still small voice in order to journey towards our true passion. This passion is not something others have told us to pursue. This passion is true to ourselves. This passion is outside the box others have tried to place us in. We have tried out “the box” others have built up around us to contain us and we have rejected it. We are this tribe. We are Out of Office People. Read their story