For more than 15 years, Victoria Namkung has worked as a journalist, essayist, and cultural commentator. Her writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, style.com, Washington Post, USA Today, InStyle, and Los Angeles magazine, among other publications. She currently appear on episodes of Mike Epps’ AOL Originals series, That’s Racist. After receiving a master’s in Asian American Studies from UCLA, Victoria taught courses on gender, immigration, and writing at UCSB, UCLA, and 826LA, respectively, and contributed to the books Where to Wear Los Angeles, Frommer’s Los Angeles, A Hedonist’s Guide to Los Angeles, and Asian American Youth. Her debut novel, The Things We Tell Ourselves, examines the damage that one generation can do to the next and the compromises we make between our ideals and life’s realities.

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