In high school, I hung out with the weirdos — I was friends with all the artsy “freaks”, mostly because I had long felt like an outsider as an Asian American young girl who wrote and performed my own music. I was also a terrible student because I was a…

I was watching Padma Lakshmi’s “Taste the Nation (Holiday Edition),” and was so moved by the last episode that celebrates Korean American culture and traditions around the New Year holiday. It motivated me to make the traditional Korean New Year soup tteokguk (rice cake soup) from scratch — mostly because…

The movie Roshomon is a film made by one of my favorite directors, Akira Kurosawa. The film masterfully illustrates the storytelling device of how the narrative of one incident drastically changes depending on who is telling the story. …

(when there’s no blueprint to really draw from) The last record I put out (which yikes, was almost 15 years ago) was a short collection of songs I wrote in reflection of my family as Korean immigrants to Chicago. In between songs, I did mini-interviews with my parents, asking…

Hi, folks. I’ve often been told I needed to write more about my lived experiences at work because some of the zanier episodes strung together could be made into a Lifetime movie (although I’m not sure how I feel about that, since it always kind of made me feel like…

As funders move swiftly to respond to the information needs of COVID-19, it’s critical to consider the following tips to ensure that the communities most disproportionately impacted by the pandemic are not left out *Newsroom executives and managers: Looking for concrete ways you can uphold diversity and inclusivity values during…

Journalism/tech grants to promote civic empowerment in communities of color for 2020 The News Integrity Initiative (NII) at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (CUNY) is pleased to announce a slate of grantees sitting at the intersection of journalism and tech to improve civic empowerment for communities of color…

The first film I ever saw in a movie theater was Return of the Jedi. …

I love origin stories. I’m a total sucker for prequels. Exploring the backstory, for example, of a glamorous success story makes a seemingly daunting victory more accessible to someone like me, who has always identified as an underdog. One recent success story you may have already heard about is the…