Hi. I am a writer and editor. I write on the topics of: race, place, and technology; knowledge and inheritance; motherhood and daughterhood; language and refugee life.

My work has been recognized by awards from the Fulbright International Institute, the National Science Foundation, TinHouse, PEN America, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and Hedgebrook. My writing has been nominated to the Pushcart Prize and recognized as notable in the Best American Essays anthology.

I am the American-born daughter of Vietnamese boat people.