So excited to share that I am a 2024 Puffin student writing fellow for
@TheNation
! I'm going to be focusing on climate change and environmental justice. Can't wait to meet everyone later this month in New York!
I'm so excited to share that I will be interning with
@NBCLA
this summer! I will be working with the digital news team, breaking local news in Los Angeles 💗
if any experienced journalists want to put together a "how to write a cover letter" workshop sometime... i am horrible at cover letters. would so attend.
My first story for
@guardian
on the promotora network, aka grassroots healthcare organizing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
I got to speak to some amazing women for this story — give it a read!
AAJA is excited to announce the leadership team and cohort selected to participate in the 2023 VOICES program.
@gwendolynawu
,
@jjshong5
,
@EmilyBJan
and
@jovellephoto
will lead this year’s cohort in their virtual work and in-person at
#AAJA23
in Washington, D.C.
I wrote my first-ever article in Spanish for
@TELEMUNDO52
about today’s historic tenant rights ruling in LA, while also explaining what the Ellis Act is for Spanish speakers. So grateful for the opportunity to write in a dual language newsroom this summer.
🌟
@thenation
puffin fellows take on nyc 🌟 so amazing to meet everyone in-person and to learn from so many amazing writers at this year’s student nation conference ❤️
excited to share that i'm going to be
@dailycal
's sex on tuesday columnist this summer! going to be chronicling all things L.A. hot girl summer & more, haha. super pumped to work with the opinion dept!
(the sex column is off limits anyone i am having sex with & my parents) 😘
Sharing my latest for
@LAPublicPress
on LA's relative lack of cooperative markets. An exciting new food co-op organizing in South LA aims to help bridge access to healthy foods for Black and Brown communities.
Hi everyone! I’m working on an obituary for Deward Hastings, Berkeley's own "Hot Tub Guy" for
@dailycal
. I would love to interview people who have personal experiences w/ the hot tub and/or know Hastings. If you would like to be interviewed, dm me before 5 p.m. today. Thank you!
My latest article for
@dailycal
is about
@ESPM_Berkeley
Professor Elizabeth Hoover's recent statement revealing that she can no longer claim Native ancestry. Give it a read!
Featuring
@TwoHawksSays
Professor
@Doug_Kiel
and Professor Audra Simpson
For years, landlords have used the pretense of 'substantial remodel' as a legal loophole to evict tenants across LA, so that they can then rent these newly renovated units out at "market-rate." I investigate this (& more) in a new piece for
@LAPublicPress
:
THE BEST GROUP EVER. shout out to our lovely amazing beautiful editors
@MalloryCarra
@nicalexiac
❤️❤️❤️ GOING TO BE POSTING OUR PROJECT HERE SO SOON!!!
#AAJA23
In a new piece for
@TheNation
,
@Ella_CarterKl
and I look into the UC UAW’s historic strike and how labor rights have everything to do with justice for Palestine
Contributed fact checks to this
@thexylom
story on Cop City!
@atlcouncil
votes Monday to authorize >$1.65 million to purchase 46 acres of future parkland. The catch: the parcels are next to an I-75/85 interchange and within a FEMA high-risk flood zone.
I got to interview singer-songwriter
@raveena_aurora
for
@AtmosMag
earlier this year, and the profile that came out of it was published today! In it, Raveena talks her latest album, self-love, and so much more. Give it a read at the link below <3
“The “chess club,” a well-known community space on Telegraph Avenue, was cleared by the block’s property owner, with BPD on standby, following numerous trespassing allegations Friday morning.” Read more below.
We are thrilled to announce the
#SEJ2024
Diversity Fellows! Thank you to our partners
@uproot_project
and funders for their generous support. We’re looking forward to hosting you all in Philly!
I had the pleasure of interviewing actress Shirley Chen for
@aaartsalliance
! Chen stars as the older sister in Sean Wang’s phenomenal coming-of-age film Dìdi (
@didithemovie
) in theaters this Friday 🌟🌟🌟
I'm excited to share my first piece for
@gridphilly
about the efficacy of hydrogen energy and community concerns over the Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub (MACH 2). MACH2 is set to transform the Delaware Valley region into a major site of hydrogen production.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Dorceta Taylor for
@gridphilly
’s June issue about why communities of color bear the brunt of industrial pollution and environmental hazards — read more here:
when i chose
@amberonradio
as my username, it was an ode to my brief pop star aspirations. now that i do journalism everyone asks me if i do audio... the answer is no...
Our
@aajavoices
group spent the summer reporting on the aftermath of Monterey Park’s Lunar New Year shooting, and I’m so proud to share that our story was just published!
You can read (and listen to!) our project here:
i'm happy to share that i'm one of the
@zenithcoop
mentees this year, working with
@gabemschneider
! feeling so thankful and thrilled about this opportunity and excited to see where it takes me these next few months. 💚💚💚
My English prof said I was a good writer today 🤩🙈😘 but in the context of him being surprised that I didn’t do something I should have in my essay…. … 🥲😔😓
wrote an update on the situation regarding elizabeth hoover and the collective statement authored by three berkeley phd candidates/students in response to her! give it a read
@dailycal
:
Bro my least favorite thing is when men comment on my articles picking at small details and mansplaining the topic. Shut the fuck up I literally researched this for 6 months, interviewed experts, did multiple rounds of edits, you don’t think I already know?
For
@Truthout
, I wrote about how the US military has been polluting Guam for decades.
5,000 Marines will be relocated to the island later this year, as part of a military build-up that has already cost Guam over 1,000 acres of limestone forests.
it is MY DREAM to write an intimate long ass feature of a musician/band and follow them on some leg of their tour. HOW TO BREAK IN??? i’m just going to be like. pleaseeee [editor].
Found this pic in my camera roll while trying to clear storage in my phone: THIS IS GIRL DINNER.. CHICKEN APPLE SAUSAGE W MUSTARD, ANNIE’S MAC, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE SERVED W A SIDE OF JONI MITCHELL
I just sent out my first pitch in ages… have for real been hinging on stories I pitched over the summer this whole time but now I am spent 😳😓😓. New goal: pitch more…… once a week… ..
This World Press Freedom Day: "More than 100 journalists and media workers, the vast majority Palestinian, have been killed in the first seven months of war in Gaza"
.
this is the best thing i've ever read. it's the essay equivalent of watching y tu mamá también. i read this and i felt SPARKS. life. reinvigoration. by
@michellem_sc
!
hello twitter!!! i am learning SPANISH with the goal of becoming totally FLUENT. would LOVE to hear everyone's spanish music recs because my spanish playlist is SO SAD right now 💔
i have defo seen this take somewhere in other writings, but want to emphasize: why is so much of asian american discourse based on hollywood representation. the hollywood representation convo takes up... too much space???
one of my worst fears is if at the quiet library i think my airpods are in when they are actually not, and then my embarrassing music plays for everyone to hear
My first podcast interview was for the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology!
@SamRMickey
is a fab host. You can listen at the link below or wherever you get your pods!