I wrote a thing! My essay, DOUBLE FOLDED, is in Cleaver Magazine
Hi Friend! 안녕 친구! The good folks at Cleaver Magazine, Philadephia’s International Literary Magazine, have published my essay, “Double Folded”,…
IIRY Podcast: 36. Jennifer Fawcett. “Perfect isn’t interesting.”
Do you struggle with Imposter Syndrome? Today, we revisit a chat from 2019 with my friend, playwright and fiction writer,…
IIRY Podcast: 35. 2020: “What would you tell your younger self?”
Saying “2020 has been a weird year” is an understatement. Nevertheless, I’m really grateful when I look back at the…
IIRY Podcast: 34. Miki-Sophia Cloud. “Why am I doing this?”
I’m excited to revisit the very first episode of the “Is it Recess Yet?” podcast, from 2018. My dear friend and colleague,…
IIRY Podcast: 33. Dr. Noa Kageyama. “Focus on growth.”
Check out my 2018 podcast interview with performance psychologist, Noa Kageyama, where we learn what he meant at age 2…
IIRY Podcast: 32. Rev. D. Maurice Charles. “To resist absurdity is to live.”
In my conversation with the Rev. D. Maurice Charles, the first African American chaplain at the University of Chicago, he…
IIRY Podcast: 26. Blair McMillen: “It’s okay to be vulnerable.”
In this conversation with pianist Blair McMillen, we discuss how to manage stage fright and performance anxiety; why being…
IIRY Podcast: 25. Sean Wang: “My quietness was misunderstood as an act of defiance.”
In this conversation with violinist, conductor, and scholar, Sean Wang, we discuss the implicit bias Asians experience in white…
IIRY Podcast: 22. Dr. Nadine Kelly: “I am an eclectic, nerdy black woman who is a late bloomer.”
In this conversation with retired pathologist and yoga instructor, Dr. Nadine Kelly, we discuss how she decided to pivot from…
IIRY Podcast: 18. “It’s a weird time to try to reinvent yourself.” Cellist Nick Photinos
In my candid conversation with innovative cellist and founding member of Eighth Blackbird, Nick Photinos, we discuss career transformation…