Jun 6, 2022Leaving New YorkI am heartbroken leaving New York. Choosing to leave hurt so much, I could barely move my fingers to type. Someone once told me that the pain of leaving a place is close to the experience of breaking up with someone that you really love. No matter how much I…4 min read4 min read
Jan 1, 2022Walking beyond 26 MilesIn 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…2 min read2 min read
May 25, 2021Transition in SolitudeI 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…7 min read7 min read
Oct 5, 2020Ten Years of FriendshipOur friendship started by accident when the world was still green. …4 min read4 min read
Nov 22, 2018The Power of YouthReflections 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. …Education2 min readEducation2 min read
Jul 7, 2018Gifts of LifeTo 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…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
May 20, 2018Rippling ForwardOn 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. It was transformational in retrospect and kindness becomes the only story that I want to listen to and bounce back with…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
