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An #importedAsians POV: Hana and Ryan from the 'Adopted Feels' podcast
Can you please introduce yourselves and how you both started the podcast “Adopted Feels”? Hana (she/her): Hi, I’m Hana. I was adopted...

Stephanie Fung
Nov 30, 2020


The Truth About Our 'Abandonment'
The Korean Nationality Act Article 12 states: “Any national of the Republic of Korea who falls under one of the following subparagraphs...

Kara Bos
Nov 30, 2020


Different
Looking around and you’re all different from me. “You look like your Mom, you got your dad’s teeth.” My parents are white, but I’m not...
Jacob Soltysiak
Nov 30, 2020


An #importedAsians POV: Dr. Jordan VanHemert
The Universal Asian is excited to introduce Dr. Jordan VanHemert, a gifted saxophonist and composer. His new album “I Am Not A Virus”...

Ella Wu
Nov 30, 2020


A Cooking Lesson
On a dreary, rainy day ten years ago, I begged my grandmother to teach me her recipe for dumplings. It’s a dumpling I was most familiar...
Diann Leo-Omine
Nov 30, 2020


Poems: Part 2
The Field She has such a way with words Everything just rolls off the tongue She sits outside in a field of grass So bold, so beautiful,...

Lauren Kofalt
Nov 14, 2020


An #importedAsians POV: Daniel Gyu of Yeondae
What was it like growing up as an adoptee? If anyone thinks about it, when they’re a kid, you’re not really aware of these kinds of...

Stephanie Fung
Nov 14, 2020


A #hyphenatedAsians POV: Kyla Mitsunaga
Our insecurities, anxiety, and depression often reinforce the misconstrued conception that we are not enough. Kyla Mitsunaga, a certified...

Ana Clancey
Nov 14, 2020


Poems: Part 1
New York, New York Walking down the crowded streets The rush of the people, the city beats All around the people chatter All around,...

Lauren Kofalt
Oct 31, 2020
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