Looking at my pieces on this site, there’s a lot of local flavor but there is also an abandoned pet project I wrote entitled, ‘Creating Space.’ I wrote this as an introduction, an exploration of myself and an invitation to other Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) creators in Boston for discussion. It felt necessary; I was looking at my own identity in a critical, academic manner and trying to situate my race and ethnicity within the other facets of my identity. I was looking for my community during a time I was uncertain of the future of my own community, while knowing I wanted to have a hand in shaping it. This was before the explosion of Crazy Rich Asians opened the floodgates but well after a single concert changed my entire viewpoint on what was possible for my community – all of my communities.