Distinctions & Awards
2021 California Arts Council Emerging Artist Fellow
2021 Sonoma County Writers Camp BIPOC Fellow
2021 Black Fox Literary Magazine Award Winner
2022 Hedgebrook Radical Craft Retreat with T Kira Madden
2022 VONA Memoir Workshop with Reyna Grande
2021 Tin House Summer Workshop with E.J. Koh
2021 VONA Prose Residency with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
2019 Atticus Review Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest Finalist
2019 Rhinebeck Residency Finalist
2018 Civvy Award National Finalist
Charles C. Dawe Innovation in Publishing Award
Carnegie Mellon Opportunity Grant
Selected Writing
The Washington Post
The room was dimly lit. Wedding guests were seated on the floor, eyes closed, some crying.
Narratively
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It is probably best not to attend weddings when you are freshly separated from your spouse.
The Seventh Wave
The first time I remember hearing the term anti-vaxxer was in 2014 while hosting dinner for new friends.
Slant’d Magazine
My grandmother’s name was Harris.
When she took this name, she was a young nursing student in China just shy of five feet tall.
The Rumpus
In Focal Point, Qi allows the grief from her mother’s early passing to seep between each poem, to recede and return.
Medium: Editor’s Picks
When young people look for themselves in entertainment, they’re simply seeking a sign of acceptance.
Reader’s Digest
In the Wake of Hate Crimes, Who Will Stand Up for Asian Americans?
Ozy
We can’t help but hope that despite inevitable differences, Americans can keep talking.
Human Parts
“Don’t ask her about her eyelashes.”
My mother said
on a drive up to Boston.
The Dewdrop
I once loved a man who made me feel
as big as the earth,
as all-encompassing as the sky:I was all he could see.
Be Yourself
Feeling hopeless about the state of the world? Sit down to dinner with a group of people who don't agree with you.
P.S. I Love You
We don’t go to couples counseling because we’re afraid our relationship isn’t working. We go because we believe in our future.
Mochi Magazine
“Shuji, get off AOL!” screams 7th grader Maya Ishii-Peters, right before the opening credits of Hulu’s hit comedy series “PEN15.”
Taste of Home
Mama made this dish with such ease, it almost seemed like she could charm the chicken into preparing itself.
ART+marketing
“Sometimes when you have a strong idea, it takes shape on its own. The most work often goes into propping up a weak idea.”