I’m an indigenous writer and editor of Chamorro, Okinawan, and Filipino heritage from the beautiful Pacific island of Guam.

I was formerly a senior editor at The Atlantic, where I covered culture for ten years.

After a decade in D.C., I moved back to California, where I spent much of my youth, to study and teach creative writing at UC Riverside.

I currently live in Poland with my husband and cat.

My literary agents are Lucy Carson and Marin Takikawa with the Friedrich Agency.