Shame is hard to confront. Even if you know it's baseless, it's still hard to come face-to-face with.

You are validating someone's life by telling their story. Even if it's a sad one.

Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.

There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research.

Television and movies were our biggest teachers. When we came to the United States, the Vietnam War was just ratcheting up. And so the Asian faces that I saw on the news, they were the face of the enemy. Asian men, particularly, were either small, ineffective, or they were evil. And those messages were deeply, deeply embedded in me for many years.

It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.