Should I go to IUP? Light Fellowship Reflections
After 8 weeks of waking up at 6 AM, a one-woman play about urbanization, and online finals, I’ve…
August 11, 2020After 8 weeks of waking up at 6 AM, a one-woman play about urbanization, and online finals, I’ve…
August 11, 2020Last week, my piece on aphantasia ran in the New York Times. It was a pretty surreal experience,…
July 21, 2020A couple of months ago, I mentioned in my blog post about Chinglish that learning (Mandarin) Chinese was…
July 5, 2020This year, I was the recipient of the Richard U. Light Fellowship, an award that fully funds Yale…
June 21, 2020AAPI Heritage Month might be over, but reading and celebrating AAPI authors is a year round thing! Check…
May 31, 2020First year of college is a crazy adjustment. I made a lot of mistakes my first year--that’s inevitable,…
May 26, 2020The first time I realized my mom had an accent when she speaks English was in elementary school.…
May 8, 2020The struggle for a culturally accurate Mulan, both in the Chinese dub and in the 2020 live action…
April 29, 2020Growing up, I had a complicated relationship with language. Since my parents didn’t speak English to me before…
April 14, 2020