Asian and Asian American Stories

I've been writing about the Asian and Asian American experience for more than two decades. I've collected some of the stories here and will continue to add them as I dig into my archives. Some subjects I would definitely cover differently today than I did years back.

Asian American Activists to Watch

Real Stories from Asian Americans Today

A Dark Passage: Japanese Internment Camps in Canada

A Call to Duty: The Voices of Asian American Women in the Military

Calling the Shots: Asian American Women Directors

Asian Journal: Filipino American-Led We Heart L.A. Parks Celebrates the Rich History of Los Angeles Parks

[Interviewed] Filipino American-Led We Heart L.A. Parks

Dark-haired girl and woman sit on a couch with an older woman with bob-length salt and pepper hair looking up at a TV in the distance

How a Shared Love of Asian Dramas Brought Us Together

Photo by Samanta Helou

I have spent more than two decades living next door to my 80-year-old Cuban American neighbor, Aurora, but it was our mutual obsession with Asian rom-coms that really sealed a special friendship.

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Auntie Sewing Squad Bonds Multiple Generations Together to Fight COVID-19

3D PPE Artist Network Prints Life-Saving Face Shields

Q&A with Army Maj. Ladda Tammy Duckworth from 2005

Caltech’s Architectural Conductor: Bonnie Khang-Keating

A Woman's Place Is in Space: Meet Eight Asian American Women Reaching for the Stars

A Guide to Home-Style Filipino Food in Los Angeles

Being Home: See How Artist Martin Hsu Makes Taiwan a Haven for Creativity

Youth Activism in America: From Armbands and Walkouts to Bus Rides and Voter Drives that Would Shape Our Democracy

Activist Cristina Moon Is Fighting for Burma's Freedom

This Master Rondalla Musician is Preserving the Sounds of Philippine Culture in L.A.

Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon is a master teacher and performer of rondalla, a traditional Spanish-influenced form of music from the Philippines. De Leon, a 2021 NEA National Heritage Fellow, has spent his decades-long career promoting and preserving Philippine culture through the tradition of rondalla.

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