In September 2021, I walked 26 miles to fundraise for Blue Dragon’s Children Foundation. I am grateful for everyone’s donation and want to briefly share why your support matters. I have known about Blue Dragon for a long time and volunteered briefly in 2015. The Hanoi-based organization helps street kids…

I move to find meanings and beauty in a random gathering of experiences. — Sometime ago, I said goodbye to school and moved out of a place that had long exhausted my curiosity and kind thoughts. After seven years of permanence, I was emotionally drained, grateful for a pause in cutting my teeth, and climbing out of a crack in a friendship whose sound…

Our friendship started by accident when the world was still green. …

Reflections on leadership and youth empowerment — On my last day at Young Governors, I received an email from one of the high school leaders that I worked with. Attached was a collage of photos — about me. A film camera, my favorite animated character, and Vietnam. …

To be continued, always… — Several weeks before I turned 23, someone knocked on my door and said, “I cooked something. For your birthday.” I had been at a different place in understanding myself before I met her, functioning on what seems like a duo of sporadic energy and perpetual anxiety. Our values met, but…

On kindness, reflection, and wild wishes — These past months, I have been listening to “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye. The poem brings me back to many events that changed the way I perceived the world. …