Coming from the kitchen covered in flour, I set down a Tupperware of dumplings and klepon, a Javanese street food made of thin dough filled with brown sugar. Growing up Chinese-Indonesian in the rural corners of Java Island, I found common ground between the seemingly distant cultures: family.  As a student passionate about science and especially medicine, my Chinese-Indonesian identity has shaped my experience and perspectives. To me, beyond anatomy, critical thinking, and problem-solving, medicine is empathy, patience, and flexibility.  All of which is the philosophy in the art of making dumplings and klepon.  Folding the dumpling skin taught us the value of working and staying together while the ingredients in klepon symbolize humility.  To me, Chapter Compassion is about learning about lived experiences in medicine. Understanding how identities shape people's experiences in medicine is how we can deliver empathy in hopes to make a chapter of their lives and our lives a little sweeter.