S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S
“Barbie’s Gotta Work,” (personal essay) Doveglion Press: March 2012.
“Like Fish to Ginger,” (short story) The University of California, Riverside’s The Coachella Review: Fall 2010.
“Here in the States,” (short story) Growing Up Filipino II: Stories for Young Adults, ed. Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, PALH: 2009.
“Son Jalisciense,” (short story) Pembroke Magazine #40, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke: 2008.
From the Web: A Global Anthology of Women’s Political Poetry: 2007.
“Mex It Up, Flip it Round” (poem) All Mixed Up Chapbook, Mixt Up Productions: 2006.
“Skin of the Sky by Elena Poniatowska” (book review) MARY- Issue #4, Saint Mary’s College of California’s Online Journal: 2005.
“Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary, 1924-1928. By Angeles Monrayo,” (book review) Amerasia Journal, Volume 31, No. 1: 2005.
“Shak- E- Nabat,” (poem) Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers, Rattlecat Press: 2003.
“The Art of Rice: Symbol and Meaning in Southeast Asian Village Tradition,” UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS): July 2004.
“Hmong: An Endangered People,” UCLA CSEAS: July 2004.
— Asia Pacific Channels No.1: June 2004.
“Indonesian Rule Weighs Heavy in West Papua,” UCLA CSEAS: June 2004.
“The Near Extinction of Cambodian Classical Dance,” UCLA CSEAS: May 2004.
“Vietnamese Artist Tran Trong Vu — Torn between Two Worlds,” UCLA CSEAS: March 2004.
“Reflections on East Timor after Independence,” UCLA CSEAS: December 2003.
A W A R D S & H O N O R S
2011- Nominated for Sundress Best of the Net Prize by The Coachella Review
2009 – Finalist for A Room of Her Own Foundation’s Gift of Freedom Award
2005-2006 – Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education
2005-2006 – Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz Scholarship for Excellence in Fiction
2003 – Finalist for the Rita Dove Poetry Award
2000 – UCLA Writer’s Extension Program Community Access Scholarship
