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03/28/2018
A Precarious Visa Situation Makes You Vulnerable at Work
I tolerated bullying at my first journalism job.
07/16/2018
Dream Big, Unless You Have a Shitty Passport
You’re not entitled to global career dreams and wanderlust if you belong to the underclass of shitty passport holders.
01/30/2019
Shame and Self-Loathing in Brussels
My biggest humiliation happened in the EU bubble.
06/02/2019
How I Found My Creative Voice in a Foreign Language
Developing a unique writing style is hard enough, but what if you have to do it in a foreign language?
01/14/2020
Foreign, Poor and in the Ivy League
When you simultaneously inhabit the worlds of poverty and privilege.
03/21/2020
Despite the Stigma, I Self-Published My First Book—a Collection of Personal Essays on Immigration
For many diverse writers, self-publishing is the only route to publication.
06/19/2021
Rejecting The Single Immigrant Story
There's no such thing as The Immigrant Story. There are numerous immigrant stories.
04/13/2022
Don’t Be the Voice of the Voiceless, Even If You’re a Minority
We, the voiceless, are already speaking for ourselves.
04/26/2025
Breaking Up With New York, Once and For All
And with journalism.
06/29/2026
Goodbye, Canada
Packing up my life and leaving a place is a skill I’ve perfected.