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I launched this blog in 2008. My mini-me.
Publishing: Great advice & ideas from Asian American Writers Workshop
June 26, 2016
Picture a century-old, Renaissance-revival style meeting hall in downtown Brooklyn, with stately Corinthian columns and vaulted, 40-foot ceilings. Fill it with a youngish, multiracial, multi-gendered crowd. They are novelists, poets and […]
Linkedin tips to feel more successful
January 31, 2016
I’ve watched so many students and friends set up LinkedIn profiles. They go from resistant, to fascinated. By the time they’re done, they’re sporting a success glow that’s better than […]
Let’s share immigrant stories as #MoreThanALabel
September 30, 2015
I’m thrilled that America’s future social workers have asked me to join their campaign against immigrant discrimination. To stop the name-calling, abuse and violence, they are using a very 21st […]
Are you first- or second-generation American?
September 30, 2015
I am SO ANNOYED. When will people get this straight??! If you’re an immigrant to this country, then you’re first generation. If your kids are born here, then they are […]
5 interviewing tips that work in journalism and real life
May 31, 2015
My parents raised me to be polite and nice. That meant keeping my mouth shut. I guess my decision to become a journalist was a form of revenge. After all, […]
Fight gun violence: Moms Demand Action march
May 9, 2015
A new experience: For the first time ever, I carried a sign and participated in a march. It was liberating, necessary and — now that I know what marching feels […]
How my students talk to me with Twitter
April 30, 2014
Oh, those crazy kids! Twitter is taking off with my college students in surprising ways. They feel it’s fly to tweet. They have no trouble being coherent in 140-characters or […]