Intersections: A Column
While traveling in the South Caucasus this summer, I had the opportunity to file a column of the places I went, the people I met and the shenanigans I got up to in Armenia and Georgia. The columns focused on social issues like poverty, inter-ethnic relations and pedestrian safety, and allowed me to also write...
Mental Floss, Jan/Feb 2012
It is an indescribable feeling when you get the opportunity to write for one of your favorite publications, but it’s even better when your article gets a teaser on the actual cover (!). You can read my piece, “Why Are Armenians So Good at Chess?” in the Jan/Feb 2012 of Mental Floss, on newsstands now....
A Postcard from Armenia
Greetings, world. I’ve been in Armenia for almost two months, although it feels much longer than that. Every day is an adventure. Every day the heat gets more unbearable than the day before, but the nights are burning here, too, with love and laughter until the morning hours. Time moves strangely here and so does...
Summer in the Caucasus
I will be reporting from the South Caucasus for the summer, with Yerevan, Armenia as my base and Georgia and Turkey as exciting possibilities. Feel free to follow along, either via Twitter or Tumblr, where I do the most frequent posting these days.
Speaking at USC on Ianyan Magazine Trials and Triumphs
Last Thursday, I was invited to speak at USC’s Armenian Student Association about Ianyan Magazine. I was excited but nervous and a bit surprised because most of the time, I never feel like I’m doing enough on the site or having at least somewhat of an impact, but more than 600 Facebook fans, hundreds of...
Published in Spot.us, New America Media and Nguoi Viet 2
Very excited to report that my story on the growth of integrative medicine was published in three different outlets in the span of a week, including Spot.us, New America Media and Nguoi Viet 2, the English edition of a Vietnamese newspaper, the first and largest daily newspaper published in Vietnamese in the United States. The...