I'm interested in the story underneath the story.

A ghost story can become a story about race.

A meal can become a story about identity.

A journey can reveal something we didn't know we were looking for.

I write nonfiction about the places, people, histories, cultures, and encounters that inform how we understand ourselves and our connection to the world.

Much of my work lives in the in-between: between cultures, identities, generations, places.

I don't always write to find the answer.

I’m more interested in the questions that emerge along the way. The ones that linger with readers.