LACC Collegian Times magazine features my book – and my life

Los Angeles City College’s annual glossy magazine dedicated the centerfold to my adoptive Dad journey. The writer Erica Martinez ably captured its essence, yet she also dug into other areas of my life, specfically about how my refugee background brought me into teaching academic English to non-English speakers and advocating for them. I’d never spokenContinue reading “LACC Collegian Times magazine features my book – and my life”

“The iPad Wars” in City Tales 2020, a YouTube storytelling show

This was a new performance format for me to learn – I’d taped myself reading the essay “The iPad Wars” for City Tales, the annual storytelling reading by LACC students and faculty, and sent it to the organizers for post-production. The show went live on YouTube June 4. Previously published in The Citadel, “The iPadContinue reading ““The iPad Wars” in City Tales 2020, a YouTube storytelling show”

Interview in LA Collegian Wired

In April, Los Angeles Collegian – the student newspaper of Los Angeles City College – interviewed me about the UCLA / Medical Humanities project for their Facebook / YouTube newscast called Collegian Wired – East Hollywood News. I participated in the development of this new major at UCLA in October 2018-March 2019 as an AndrewContinue reading “Interview in LA Collegian Wired”