Why I Decided to Become a Baha’i | Jessica Kemejuk

Jessica Kemejuk—actress, spiritual seeker, and new Baha’i—grew up in Los Angeles, where she suffered from bullying and racism because of her mixed-race, half-Japanese and half-Russian ethnicity. In a journey to find someplace where she would be accepted for her whole self, she encountered and tried on many spiritual modalities, until she met a Baha’i. Then, she says, for her the Baha’i writings and prayers “resonated in this place that only truth does.” She witnessed the vibrancy, honesty and clarity of the