I’m a storyteller through and through.
I believe that everyone has a story to tell, and that every story is important. I also firmly believe that at its core, quality research is about quality storytelling, grounded in and driven by a curiosity to unpack others’ stories and an ability to “read between the lines” to uncover their nuanced details. I find inspiration for my stories in everything, from traveling to my daily commute.
Below are some highlights of my storytelling. They range in medium, content, and form, from blog posts to research articles to poetry.
Charcoal Consequences (or Love by the Morning Hotdog Stand) - a poem inspired by my participant observation on my daily commute in downtown Toronto
A blog post and report from my participant observation of a stakeholder group (Vietnamese-American nail shop owners) impacted by the pandemic and Texas' changing legislation regarding business reopenings
My op-ed, featured in Canada's largest newspaper, The Toronto Star
An excerpt from one of my blog posts: "Fish Sauce in Honey Jars"
An article based on my 18-month ethnography of migrants' strategic use of migration technologies to merit admission past state borders