I have always been perceived to be younger than I actually was; at first, I was not too fond of it, but it eventually grew on me.
Contemplative
Thanksgiving
How does holiday tradition shape shift with tragedy?
A New World
This is the story of a young girl, uprooted from her familiar, comfortable home in New York City and placed in what was to her an unbearable new world.
The Red Shoes
A poetry piece about dance, war and immortal life.
Motherhood Mural
This is a story woven together with fragments of memories, notes, and bunnies. This is a medley of short-lived relics. This is a song.
Beneath Her Skin
A homage to The Woman in the Yellow Wallpaper. What happens when we feel trapped in modern day.
Frostbites
Hastily jotted at night, during recent teenage angst, inspired by the winter season.
Sun and Moon
A short essay I wrote while staring at my sun and moon.
Punctures of Light in the Darkness
A traveler finds herself stranded on a distant planet, alone.
Mutilated Desire
A found poem from “The Great Gatsby” and “Passing,” analyzing the role of women in regards to the American Dream.
Anime: More than Just Animation
Anime– Japanese animation– offers so much more than action-adventure series, if you just give it a chance. You’ll find that it tells the seemingly insignificant stories of ordinary, everyday people in the most beautiful ways.
peak bloom in brooklyn
As we leave behind the cold days of winter and see the world light up with new life, this poem is a reflection of that beautiful start of spring.
Magnet programs: a pressure cooker for Asian American students
The intersection of Asian achievement culture and a toxic academic environment is a destructive combination—and no one is talking about it.
Her Boys
From close proximity, the speaker observes how the boys she knows intimately face daily obstacles in a world full of heavy systemic institutions.
new but also not: girl of two cities
The experience of growing up in one city and leaving it for another.