I’ve been a journalist for more than a decade.

I am the city hall reporter for The Seattle Times. In my nine years here, I have reported on Medicare fraud at the University of Washington, accounting tricks at the region’s largest Internet company and Christina Aguilera. Depending on the day and the story, I can be a tenacious watchdog, thoughtful wordsmith, relentless AAJA promoter, document scourer, big thinker or a wickedly funny commentator. I have been a weekend metro editor, assistant features editor, business reporter and three-year resident.

My first job out of college was serving as managing editor for Orange Coast magazine, a regional monthly magazine in Orange County, Calif. The first story I ever got paid for was a 2,500-word feature for the magazine called “Fluffy Gets a Kidney.”

I live in West Seattle with my fiancé Danny O’Neil (Seattle Times sports reporter and AAJA member) and our two wrinkly dogs. We’re getting married in August. Check out our wedding Web site. We’re encouraging all guests to donate to the AAJA National Endowment instead of giving us stuff.

As AAJA’s Seattle chapter president, I launched a successful $100,000 scholarship endowment drive. We grew from a medium-sized chapter to a large chapter with more than 100 members. On the national advisory board, I worked on revising our fundraising guidelines to increase oversight of our funding sources. I have served on MediaWatch, ensuring fair and accurate coverage of the Asian Pacific American community around the country and in my own newsroom. I now serve on the national governing board.

Want to know more? Here is my resumé.