Selected Writing
Essays & FEATURES
Finding My Inner Piece: How Puzzles Ease My Anxiety - Catapult
The Healing Power of ‘Steven Universe’ - The New York Times, Opinion (3/28/20 print issue, Sunday Review)
The Hidden Stress of Growing Up a Child of Immigrants - VICE (‘Borders’ print issue)
‘No One’s Ever Talked to Me About This Before’ (about A.D.H.D. and internet content creators) - The New York Times, Styles
The influencers of pandemic gardening - Engadget
‘Tidying Up with Marie Kondo’ Is Inadvertently About Women's Invisible Labor - VICE
From 'Putt Putt' to 'Freddi Fish'—How Humongous Entertainment Made Edutainment Fun - VICE
Everyone wants a puzzle - Vox, The Goods
How Kearny Street Workshop created a platform for Asian American artists in the Bay Area - The San Francisco Chronicle
CRITICISM
Station Eleven found a silver lining in the post-apocalypse - Polygon
Pen15’s final season is a punch to the throat - Polygon
Review: Alice Wu’s ‘The Half of It’ offers refreshing twist on teen romance - The San Francisco Chronicle
‘Sea of Solitude’ Is a Beautiful but Imperfect Exploration of Loneliness - Waypoint
'Spiritfarer,' A Game of Hugging and Letting Go, Is Perfect For Right Now - Waypoint
'Booksmart' Proves That Raunchy Teen Comedies Don't Have to Be Offensive to Be Funny - VICE
Interviews
How Kristi Yamaguchi is improving literacy for Pacific Islander and Latino kids amid the pandemic - NBC Asian America
What It's Like to Be an Asian Adoptee in a White Family and Town - VICE
Cathy Park Hong: "Sometimes you just have to push back – being offended is part of the process" (Interview about Hong’s book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning)- Salon
Female Rage Has Fueled Our Country's Greatest Political Movements - VICE
How Two Women on 'Bachelor' Vietnam Found Love with Each Other - VICE
A Veteran Firefighter Explains Why California Wildfires Are Getting Worse - VICE