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“One of the topics we will discuss today is consensual relationships,” teacher Kahna announced to her tenth graders, who seemed ready and eager to learn. This happened during my first week interning with Caring for Cambodia (CFC) at their school.....

Today 47 years ago, the Khmer Rouge radical communists took over Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Initially, the Cambodian communists had been closely linked with and relied on the communist movement in Vietnam to fight French colonialism. The Khmer.....

Washington DC, Spring 2022.  April 29, 2021: a conversation with my mother about death.  “Are you afraid of death?” “I used to be afraid of death. But now, I am no longer scared of it. I sometimes wish it would.....

Winter 2021, Northampton, Ma Walking alone on a cold day in the New England weather, she is thinking about death. Death is the only thing that is definite to everyone. It certainly never changes; no matter who you are or.....

On Tuesday, August 31st, I called Edmond while walking back from Smith’s Welcome Back Orientation to my rented apartment. I said over the phone “I feel very exhausted to be surrounded by so many people.” I still vividly remember the.....

You’re turning 30 in less than a month. You’re thinking about getting a tattoo, the one you have always wanted for a while. You had asked a friend to design one for you. You told her that it was the.....

I video called my mother tonight through Facebook Messenger. My mom’s health condition has been declining for the past two years, and it is getting worse every day. I cannot imagine all the physical pain that she is going through.....

Every week by Thursday evening, my body feels exhausted, my brain starts freezing and my shoulders become really tense. I would then stand outside my apartment to catch a breath of fresh air as I hear my soul telling me.....

In December 2020, for my final paper in Comparative Politics course, I wrote an Op-Ed research essay about Myanmar entitled, “We Can’t Rush Democracy: Myanmar Needs More Time.”  In the essay, I noted the country’s complex political history, throughout its.....

01.13.2021 This morning I watched the PBS Live Streaming of the debate in the US House of Representatives on to impeach President Trump and remove him from office before Inauguration Day on Jan 20th, exactly a week from today. The.....