I Am Who I Say I Am
I Am Who I Say I Am
A Heartbreaking Loss
If a university’s "social justice" initiative seems to be all about race, gender, and orientation, it completely undermines the bigger social injustice and does not actually equip the next generation to realize that cold blood murder can happen to anyone, and I simply cannot afford to attend a 45k “safe space.”
On Finding My Roots
I come from a lineage of hard workers. From dreamers who desired more and journeyed far to find it. From a small, but tight-knit family that created its own traditions and life-long memories, while traveling and searching for ‘home’ throughout the U.S.
The fish must eat, but who will feed them?
Growing up Chinese, you learn strategies and ways to stack the universe in your favor. This usually boiled down to avoiding death.
Leading Others, Finding Self
As a leader and educator working in a space where many of my students look like me, it’s become vital to help provide that next step in order to help others get their voices heard, dream and dare to hold onto goals, take those next steps forward in order to normalize success for people of color in the mainstream and not just within our own cultural communities.
a note to self.
And I love that you love drawing stars on your wrists and smiley faces on your hands.
That you love when the light hits the side of a building, preferably when it’s a skyscraper.
Raising the Barre: Unveiling the Colonial Legacies of Ballet
I remain hopeful. Hopeful for a future where pointé shoes come in rich shades of espresso, mahogany, cognac and everything in between. A future where black and brown dancers are celebrated, not tolerated.