Writing

I write, sometimes, in my spare time. I mainly write creative non-fiction. I’m currently working on a memoir essay collection. I’ve been published in Catapult, VICE, South China Morning Post, and Mekong Review. I was a finalist in AAWW’s The Margins Fellowship in 2024. Somewhat relatedly, in Spring 2025, I’ll be teaching a design and data storytelling class for NYU’s Master’s in Professional Writing program.

Features

Yangon’s thriving Chinatown shows how food can help heal scars of Myanmar’s past (South China Morning Post)

Where to eat in Yangon to try Myanmar’s diverse ethnic cuisine (South China Morning Post)

Myanmar’s Social Media Romances (New Naratif)

The Audacity of Angry Folks (New Naratif)

China’s Belt and Road is anything but green (Raconteur)

The struggles and strategies of innovating in Myanmar (Frontier Myanmar)

Chicken bones and brass rings (Frontier Myanmar)

Essays

For My Immigrant Parents, a Vacation Is a Reprieve from Labor—for Me, It’s a Time to Work (Catapult)

Food was my Immigrant Mother's Language of Love (VICE)

Homefare (The Mekong Review)

Braving the Brennivin (Roads & Kingdoms)

The Pure Joy of Eating Noodles Alone with Reckless Abandon (Roads & Kingdoms)