i’ve spent time
in places where i thought
i was meant to fit
(my continent of birth,
the land of my ancestors,
the cities of our colonizers)
and found myself
always somehow
incongruent
there is an ease
in knowing that
there is no particular
somewhere where
i should be
to belong nowhere
leaves possibility
gaping open
to belong nowhere
means everywhere
is a place for you.
I graduated from UC Irvine in 2007, moved to Los Angeles, and worked with arts/community organizations throughout the city from 2007-2012. Most formative have been my experiences with Tuesday Night Project and Asian American lesbian web series That's What She Said. Recently, I was a First-Year Public Ally and S. Mark Taper Foundation Fellow working as a case manager with homeless and low-income seniors in Downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row.
I'm currently spreading roots to Oakland, CA while continuing to be very much in love with Los Angeles.
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