Monica is a California-based culture writer and researcher. She’s focused on how food and language traditions evolve and are preserved via migration and diaspora. Her past research has analysed racism in France through the country’s kebab culture, xenophobic targeting of immigrant street food vendors in LA, and generational inheritance of language through Chinese diasporic cooking and eating practices. Her published writing has advocated for the joys and mindfulness of cooking rice in clay pots, as well as explored the conflict of craving and finding comfort in Spam despite its legacy in American imperialism and colonialism.