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‘There’s No Single Story:’ Exploring API Culture Through Storytelling

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a guided tour through some of the internet’s best writing by and about the community.

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Each May, Mozillians from across the world get together virtually to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The focus of this year's programming is the art of storytelling.

Of course, no single story can define the experience of a whole—especially people with roots from a continent spanning dozens of ethnic groups with different histories, cultures and languages. But Moz-API, made up of Mozillians with Asian and Pacific Islander heritage, see these differences as a strength. We gathered these stories to show just that.

To those outside the community, we hope that these stories bring a deeper understanding of our diverse group. To those within, we hope that you find belonging within our experiences, both individual and shared. We also hope that they inspire you to tell your own story.

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The Storyteller [WATCH]

Moz-API: “Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about why he made telling stories his mission.”

Therapy Ghostbusters [LISTEN]

Moz-API: “Puzzled by reports of ghosts, a community clinic searches for the root of what’s haunting Cambodian immigrants in San Jose, California.”

Why the Wage Gap Differs Among Asian-American Women

Moz-API: “Asian American and Pacific Islander women on average outearn other racial groups of women in the U.S. Like most statistics, this is far from the whole story.”

What a Bad Day Means to Me

Moz-API: “Author Ly Tran recalls her conversation with her mother, a nail salon owner, about the 2021 spa shootings in Atlanta.”

Hua Hsu Is True to the Game

Moz-API: “A book critic calls Hsu’s coming-of-age memoir an ‘evolutionary step for Asian American literature.’”