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Ophelia Chong

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A true multi-tasker: illustrator, designer, teacher, networker and writer of short blasts of pent up hot air.

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Sometimes the simplest dish is the most complex in flavors: lightly sauteed soy beans with young bamboo shoots.
My fridge is my diary. It records where I have been and hopefully where I will travel one day.
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I came into the Catholic church, not because I had an epiphany, but because my best friend Cathy from high school insisted that I get baptized so that I could be in heaven with her.
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The Chinese GuyJeremy Lin. Lin-sanity. What are we to make of the Cinderella of the NBA? The guy no one noticed until he was pulled off the bench when…
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We are just not a public-display-of-affection kind of people. I can't think of one photo of Mao Zedong hugging a factory worker or slapping the back of a farmer, but if you Google "President Clinton hugging," you will come up with 836,000 results - and...
Tasi, Tia, Mom, Nema mid 90s and Euga's Church (2005)
"There are about six different ways to say respect in Samoan. This in itself is unique for any culture and reiterates the importance of the act and the word to my people."
Human Profiling-Annex One, 2010.
Living in a melting pot, we move about our space reflecting and mirroring one another, so as natural as it is to close our eyes when we sneeze, we habitually profile one another based on a so-called "cultural" assumption.
Chinese New Years, 17 February 1961. Bill Hong; Mayor Norris Poulson; Julie Li. Courtesy of USC Libraries
President Obama was born in the Year of the Metal Ox, while Mitt Romney is a Fire Pig.
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With a bag of tools and a license, a new immigrant can start earning money quickly by using their community to find a job.
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Filipinos have the highest rate of assimilation into the United States, specifically into Los Angeles.
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If I was to really give it meaning, it would not be about the gifts or the holiday spirit, it would be about being with my family and just celebrating being lucky enough to spend that day with them.
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Josh Schaedel's father lives in a hotel that charges by the week. He is an artist, carpenter, painter and journeyman. He also suffers depression and has an ongoing struggle with alcoholism.
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Stella was fascinated by a young man selling fruit across the street from her apartment, and it inspired her to create a series of portraits of the men and women selling fruit throughout Los Angeles.
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