Who knew that there was so much to know about culture?
Culture that is so deeply rooted within its own community,
It aspires me to write about my own life adventure.
I write what it is to be Hmong, what it is to be me.

It’s that special time of the year again.  Pacific Ties, your favorite LA based, 31 year-old AAPI news-mag is back again with another issue.  Titled “Grassroots,” this issue explores your roots, my roots, and how are roots all came to this moment in time.  Not really, but you…

When I was an exchange student in Hong Kong two years ago, I learned that in Asia, some people (usually the older generation) assume that to be “American” is to be white. In Hong Kong, I chatted with some elderly Chinese and told them I was an exchange student from the…