Ordered delicious food for a party from my favorite new discovery in Berkeley, AAPI-owned Southside Station on Shattuck! The fried chicken was a huge hit!!

Can't believe I'm getting paid to read these. #dreamjob #mydigitaltat2

Super fun BUSD AAPI celebration featuring delicious fried chicken and garlic noodles from BUSD family owned Southside Station and local celebrity/AAPI activist Harvey Dong of downtown Berkeley's historic Eastwind Books!

Join us in celebrating AAPI Heritage Month by supporting our shows, movies, books and local businesses! Thank you to my friend and fellow City of Berkeley commissioner, Janice Kao, for this informative article! themomedit.com/momlife-on-lif…

Love supporting Walk + Bike to School Day! Got this cute canvas sling bag and super useful Berkeley biking and walking map from the Bike East Bay tent.

My first official meeting as a Berkeley Democratic Club board member!! Stay tuned because the best dem club in town is gearing up for what promises to be a wild 2024 election year and we've got some awesome programming in the works that you won't want to miss!

Having fun with Rhodesia Ransom for State Senate District 5, an Emerge sister and youth advocate. Photo credit: Peter Barreras, AP.

Super fun event supporting Barbara Lee for U.S. Senate hosted by Andy Wong's PowerPAC.org and Aimee Allison's She the People, two fantastic organizations elevating the political power of people of color.

An incredible fashion runway show produced entirely by Berkeley High students featuring upcycle clothing designed by students, modeled by students, held in the gorgeous Ciel Creative Space that I had no idea existed!

Such a privilege and honor to be selected to serve on the BUSD African American Success Advisory Committee, implementing a one-of-a-kind, super ambitious academic and social emotional framework to transform the experience of our Black students. Because yes we can!!

Celebrating the achievements of Katelyn Liao, Berkeley High rising senior and Berkeley School Board student director 2023-24!

Freedom rests upon literacy. Thus, it's shocking that in CA, a progressive state, 65% of 4th graders are not proficient readers and CA remains 1 of 10 states that still do not require public elementary schools to screen for dyslexia, a condition that affects 1 out of 5 readers.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for an anthology of poetry on Nikkei – Japanese American – Canadian – Latin American incarceration, written by descendants of the WWII prisons and camps, edited by Brynn Saito and me Haymarket Books. Deadline 4/30. Info/submit: bit.ly/40oApTV

So incredibly proud of Berkeley High junior and my inspirational campaign volunteer Katelyn Liao for running a student-focused campaign and winning a seat as a Berkeley School Board student director for 2023-24 academic year!! Go Katelyn!!!

Just completed a 6-part advocacy course on special education law offered by the University of San Diego, School of Law, covering topics such as federal disability law, IEP process, assessments, early intervention. Can't wait to use this knowledge to better advocate for our youth!

There is nothing like sharing stories over a warm bowl of shakshouka - the dish that brings people together - with some of our school district and city's best advocates after an early morning bike ride and swim in the drizzly rain.