For months, I’ve struggled with finding the right words to express the complexity of growing up as an Asian American and the heightened forms of xenophobia that have emerged as a result of the pandemic. I’ve gone through cycles of sadness, frustration, and anger, followed by constantly diminishing those feelings…

As a young professional, it can be daunting to have so much flexibility and freedom to dictate your own personal and professional growth. For a majority of my life, school has defined the next obstacle for me, leveling up from K-12 to graduating college. While some people pick up hobbies…

Since I was little, my mom always told me that “a lady should always carry a purse.” For centuries, menswear has been designed with built in pockets, whereas women needed to carry an additional pouch to keep all of their belongings. …

In the early days of the pandemic, Sequoia wrote in the article “Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020”: Having weathered every business downturn for nearly fifty years, we’ve learned an important lesson — nobody ever regrets making fast and decisive adjustments to changing circumstances. In downturns, revenue and cash levels…

Like most millennials, a year into my first job, I began exploring other career opportunities. Based on Stanford d.school’s design thinking method, I took a modified design thinking-esque approach to navigating the job market with the following steps: EMPATHIZE DEFINE RESEARCH PREP NETWORK/INTERVIEW ❤️ EMPATHIZE Like the traditional design thinking method, the…