poverty
03/28/2018
I tolerated bullying and accepted ridiculous pay at my first journalism job. I thought I had no choice because I was a foreigner who needed a visa sponsorship.
07/16/2018
When I lost a job because of my nationality, I understood you’re not entitled to global career dreams and wanderlust if you belong to the underclass of non-Western passport holders.
08/27/2018
The answer won't reveal much anyway. There's a better question. No, it's not "What's your background?"
01/14/2019
Self-publishing is not for losers.
01/30/2019
My biggest humiliation happened a decade ago in Brussels.
05/04/2019
When I’m away from my mom, I'm used to not having her in my daily life. But when I see her and become accustomed to being with her every day, parting hurts. It feels like picking at the scab of a wound and making it bleed again.
08/21/2019
To an immigrant, the suburbs can be soul-crushing.
01/14/2020
When you simultaneously inhabit the worlds of poverty and privilege, you feel excluded and inadequate.
04/10/2021
Being a citizen of the world isn't about traveling. It's about rejecting nationalism.
04/13/2022
We, the voiceless, are already speaking for ourselves.
