Growing Up, My Nontraditional Family Confused Everyone… Including Myself
This article is part of Mochi’s spring 2025 issue on Traditions, where we examine how cultural practices shape, challenge, and evolve within our lives today. …
Nicole Chung Reflects on Grief After Writing a Memoir About Loss
While writing “A Living Remedy,” a book about losing her parents, Nicole Chung learned to be gentle with herself and to invite others into her parents’ legacies and her own pain.
Searching for the Steppe: Discovering My Racial Identity
I didn’t know how I could be Russian and Asian. Now through DNA, my birth family, and my own lived experience; I understand who I am.