Laura Gao Shows Us The Wuhan She Knows and More in “Messy Roots”
Laura Gao shows the Wuhan she knows, what it’s like growing up as a queer immigrant in Texas, and the diversity of Asian Americans in her graphic memoir “Messy Roots.”
Mochi Mini: APAC Apparel
APAC Apparel, a streetwear brand celebrating Asian/Asian American culture, was founded after anti-Asian rhetoric and attacks increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. APAC …
Finding Home & Belonging in “While I Was Away”
Middle-grade memoir “While I Was Away” by Waka T. Brown explores the challenges and joys of reconnecting with one’s cultural heritage. In this sponsored review, we explain why Mochi readers should get this book to empower the young readers in our lives.
9 Resources for Asian American Parents
Parenting is hard enough — but as an Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) parent, it brings upon its own unique concerns and issues.
“Telling Our Own Stories”: Rising with the Tides, a storytelling project by Comcast California and Asian American Journalists Association
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)and Comcast California have partnered to present the Rising with the Tides Storytelling Project. The project awards Bay Area journalists the chance to work on a story in any medium and a stipend.
Balancing Cultural Flavors and Identity in “Measuring Up”
We’ve all been there: some version of a classroom potluck where you have to bring a dish from your cultural background.
Sponsored Post: DIY Dream Dresses with Tissura
With the season of winter formals and holiday parties around the corner, I have been thinking about the school dances of my past—the hours spent …
Mochi Mini: Asians in the House: New Podcast Discusses Asian American Representation and Identity
The great thing about podcasts is that whatever subject you’re interested in, there’s a podcast about it. Are you Asian American? Do you have immigrant …
Mochi Mini: On the Road with Vienne Cheung, Founder of VienneMilano
Vienne Cheung is the founder of VienneMilano, a luxury hosiery brand featuring stockings made in Italy. Vienne and her design team travel to northern Italy …
Mochi Mini: Wise School
Each year, students from Wise School in Los Angeles have proven to be fierce competitors at Odyssey of the Mind, an international, creative, problem-solving competition. …