Adoptee. Childhood Trauma Survivor. Memoir-in-Progress

Adoptee. Childhood Trauma Survivor. Memoir-in-Progress

About & Media

My immigrant parents wouldn’t let me study journalism, but I never gave up my love for writing.

Thrilled to be the lead story on the June 29, 2022 New York Times Modern Love podcast.

In the 17-minute interview, I shared about the mother I lost—my birth mother— and the one I had—my adoptive mother.

Lost or Found Podcast with Dr. Michelle Choi ⟶

The Story with Charu podcast ⟶

Feature profile on an international Asian website ⟶

Other

My HuffPost adoption essay was number one on Apple News and picked up by YahooNews

Several writing teachers have used my New York Times Tiny Love Stories piece in their courses

Guest speaker at adoptee writing classes

Selected to appear in a leading breast cancer research foundation's national campaign

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