UW Math professor Bianca Viray joins me in discussing her experiences in mathematical academia as a Filipino American

Asia is a home to thousands of ethnic groups and a diverse variety of Asian languages. Over time, our ancestors have shared bits and pieces of languages with each other, and with migration and globalization, variations of dialects and bilingual languages now take root in our multifaceted Asian ident

My grandmother always held Chinese and the great lands of China in reverence. It’s what she grew up with, where she’s from. She taught me to read ancient texts and old Chinese poetry and scriptures. Stuff you’d see in the museum, myths and tales of old wise men and women alike. She led me through th

Being the daughter of a Chinese immigrant, I’ve learned firsthand the dominant narrative for marginalized communities leaves little room for deviation. It’s like an instruction manual: come to the United States to pursue the American Dream, secure a financially stable job, and craft a life from scra

I always remember being envious of Asian Americans who could speak their mother tongues. Growing up as the youngest child of immigrant parents in Fort Worth, Texas, I was put at a significant distance from my Korean heritage. Korea existed as a mirage across an impassable chasm. I could only stare a

Monkey Man is the directorial debut of Dev Patel, who is well known for his performances in Lion and Slumdog Millionaire. In a project that started pre-Covid, was abandoned by Netflix, and then picked up by Universal and Jordan Peele, the British-Indian star weaves in political, religious, and...

The title of this article is taken from a song released in the early 2000s that I grew up listening to, from the Indian film Salaam Namaste. It was one of the few songs at the time that mixed both English and Hindi language in a popular track, a trend that would grow as time went on. I chose the..

Listen to my interview with Sokha! During spring break of this year, I had the opportunity to interview the owner of Mam’s Bookstore, Sokha Danh, with the help of Ground Zero Radio. If you’re still unfamiliar with Mam’s Bookstore, (which is named after Sokha’s father, Mam Danh) they are...

the future as glasses fogged up. the future as swimming pool flooding into leaky goggles. as contact lenses migrating to the back of youreye, wearing opacitylike a coat: the 9:00 pm mist draped around the bowed shoulders ...