Category: Asian American issues

2016 Summer Olympics!

The opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio is tonight! I always look forward to the Olympics (both winter & summer) because my first published children’s picture book was about Olympic champion diver Dr. Sammy Lee, a Korean American who broke racial barriers with his back to back Gold Medals in the 1948 and…
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Dr. Sammy Lee Medical & Health Science Magnet Elementary School Opens!

Congratulations to Dr. Sammy Lee and his new school! I just came back from a very fun and moving ribbon cutting ceremony honoring two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Dr. Sammy Lee as the inspiration behind the newly opened “Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary School” in Los Angeles, CA. The school was created…
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March Update: JANM Panel, Nikki Grimes, and more!

Hello from the writing batcave! I recently left the confines of my writing batcave to attend a wonderful class on “Novels in Verse” by esteemed poet NIKKI GRIMES for the March 9-10, 2013 SCBWI Writers Day conference. I also will be sneaking out of the batcave on Saturday March 23rd to be a panel speaker…
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