As a writer for The Huffington Post, I write about culture, current events and politics.

Where Does Death Matter?

March 23, 2016

It wasn’t long ago that we were Paris, standing in solidarity against terrorism when it happens in one of the most beautiful, pristine, impeccable places that we can think of. If Paris — the city of locks and towers and baguettes and love, a place for Americans and Europeans to escape to, a symbol of an idyllic world — can be violated, then we lose our security. We lose our presupposed safety. We lose a part of our developed world.

Today’s America: A Myriad of Post-Election Reactions

November 10, 2016

A well-aging piece on America following the 2016 Presidential Election — an America which has come into clearer and more amplified view in 2020. Damn, Muslim ban. And LOL, WALL. You’re fired!

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It is not that I fear Trump will truly be able to build a wall, or that he will go through with his Muslim ban, or that he will start nuclear war; it is the sentiment — the new and yet not at all new incitement of America, the sadness and fear minorities must carry in the streets, the power that those who already had power now increasingly feel, as they have been reinforced — that I am afraid of.

Knowledge Gaps at PennApps: Why Everyone Should Strive to Feel Completely Inept Every Once in a While

September 21, 2015

Growth mindset and learning outside of one’s comfort zone. Written 4 years before I joined Microsoft as a software Program Manager.

The college hackathon is a strange, formidable place.
Or at least it is for someone who doesn’t actually hack.