Artistic Statement

Artistic Statement

I’m ever conscious of literally writing Asian Americans into the narrative of the American landscape, as storytellers and story makers. I’m aware that there are often expectations about what a person who looks like me “should” be writing, and that the 6th generation Asian American lens through which I see things is often not in line with them. Challenging that, I’m determined to write the world as I see it and/or hope to see it and am constantly finding new ways to be heard. If one gate is closed, I build another one to open. And I still dream of the day when a story seen through the unapologetic eyes of someone like me can be embraced as an American story.

I’m compelled to write about protagonists who rise to their potential despite being overlooked or underestimated, about how love knows no boundaries and survives time, and I find poetry in human kindness and our ability to be resilient. To me, storytelling is a life raft in a sea of invisibility.