Hyphen Magazine
San Francisco, Calif. | October 2006 to present
Managing Editor. Oversee 15 editors on staff
of quarterly Asian American culture and politics magazine. Assign and edit
two to four feature stories per issue. Strategize and direct editorial vision
and organizational goals with editor-in-chief and publisher. Assist in recruitment of writers and editors.
AsianWeek newspaper
San Francisco, Calif. | October 2006 to December 2008
Associate Editor. Assigned and edited all
copy. Developed stories with columnists and new writers. Approved story
ideas. Managed four to eight editorial interns and oversaw internship
program.
Edutopia magazine
San Rafael, Calif. | April 2006 to September 2007
Freelance Fact-checker. Fact-checked and researched
articles for the George Lucas Educational Foundation's magazine highlighting
success stories in K-12 education.
Mother Jones magazine
San Francisco, Calif. | June 2005 to January 2006
Editorial Fellow. Fact-checked and researched articles. Wrote articles for MotherJones.com.
San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco, Calif. | February 2004 to June 2004
News Intern. Reported on local events for the nation's second-oldest independent newsweekly.
Hardboiled
Berkeley, Calif. | August 2002 to May 2003
Editor. Supervised production of the nation's highest circulating student-run Asian Pacific American newsmagazine. Managed a staff of 30 and conducted weekly meetings. Developed story ideas, coached writers, and copy edited stories.
AsianAvenue.com
New York, N.Y. | June 2001 to August 2001
Content Intern. Wrote articles for the largest Asian American online community.
The Daily Californian
Berkeley, Calif. | January 2001 to June 2001
Contributing Writer. Wrote news stories and features for the university and city desks.
SOMA Magazine
San Francisco, Calif. | October 2000 to January 2001
Editorial Assistant. Assisted editor-in-chief at West Coast culture magazine with reporting and copy editing.
AAJA Voices
New York, N.Y. | August 2000
Reporter. Student newspaper project at the Asian American Journalists Association's (AAJA) national convention.
Google, Inc.
Mountain View, Calif. | March 2006 to September 2006
AdWords Case Studies Writer. Independently managed case studies project, producing and writing 30 case studies highlighting successful AdWords advertisers for marketing use and public-facing web site. Wrote retail industry newsletter and quarterly trends reports for all industries.
Matt Gonzalez for Mayor
San Francisco, Calif. | November 2003 to December 2003
Campaign Worker. Conducted outreach to Chinese voters for the Green Party candidate's mayoral campaign.
Asian Pacific American Coalition for an Informed California
San Francisco, Calif. | September 2003 to October 2003
Campaign Intern. Headed volunteer recruitment efforts to successfully defeat Proposition 54, an initiative to ban the collection of racial data by California public institutions. Managed 100 volunteers who contacted 100,000 voters.
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Washington, D.C. | June 2003 to August 2003
Intern, Office of Communications. Authored report on best practices for collaboration with ethnic media.
Penguin Putnam Inc.
New York, N.Y. | June 2002 to August 2002
Editorial Intern. Read manuscripts, wrote flap copy and copy edited for children's imprint.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
New York, N.Y. | August 2004 to May 2005
Master of Science, magazine journalism concentration.
Coursework: national affairs reporting, magazine writing, new media skills
(Photoshop, Dreamweaver), investigative reporting techniques, reporting
on immigrant communities
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Calif. | August 1999 to May 2003
Bachelor of Arts — Mass Communications. English
and Ethnic Studies minors
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom | September 2001 to May 2002
Cultural Studies concentration
New America Media Health/Environmental Health Reporting Fellowship
2009
German-American Fulbright Commission Berlin Capital Program
December 2006
U.C Berkeley Dean's Honor List
Fall 2002 and Spring 2003
Asian Pacific American Association for Advancement (4A)-AT&T San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Scholarship
2002
U.C. Berkeley California Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship
1999 to 2003
Peninsula Press Club Herb Caen Scholarship
2000
Asian American Journalists Association National Convention Student Newspaper Project Staff
2000
Asian American Journalists Association Newhouse National Scholarship
1999
The Road to 9/11 by Peter Dale Scott (forthcoming publication), fact-checker
October 2006
Asian American Journalists Association Member
2000-2007
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Member
2004-2006
Kearny Street Workshop Fiction writing workshop with
Neelanjana Banerjee
Spring 2006
Bindlestiff Studio: Pilipino American Performing Arts Center Stories High playwriting workshop
2005
Equality Now, International women's rights organization,
volunteer
2004
San Francisco Women Against Rape volunteer
2004
Cal in the Capital, U.C. Berkeley's Washington D.C.
summer internship program
2003
Vision New America Asian Pacific American Summer
Public Policy College Internship Program
2003
National Asian American Student Conference, Co-founder
and board member
2001 to 2003
Organization of Chinese Americans Summer College Internship Program
2001
