"Diligent" but not dazzling.

"Hard-working" but not brilliant.

"Focused" but not naturally gifted.

The token China doll.

Assimilate.

Integrate.

Exotic: originating in or characteristic of a distant country.

Similar: foreign, alien, imported.

Personalization equated to a sense of efficacy that their situation can be changed.

"Beautiful. Petite. Gifted."