*UPDATE (08/22/2023): I am closed to speaking requests, interview requests and freelance work until 2024. Thank you for understanding!


I travel around the world to give university lectures, host company workshops and speak on panels about disability representation in the media. As a dynamic,
engaging and thoughtful presenter, I bring a range of unique perspectives and
experiences as a disabled journalist at various events. I’m able to speak on the
following topics:

• modern disability language and disability pride
• disability, relationships, and body image
• the intersection between race, disability and gender
• disability representation in the media
• working in digital media as a disabled woman of color

I’m available for virtual or in-person bookings, both solo and in groups. Find below a snapshot of my previous speaking events. Book me for your next event here.

2023:

• Disability Reporting Training, Insider.com — January 2023
• Disability Reporting Workshops, The New York Times — February, March and July 2023
• New York Times Panel for World Press Freedom Day, Academy for Young Writers — May 2023
• Disabled Writers Meetup, National Novel Writing Month — July 2023
• Moderator for Invisible Disabilities Panel, The New York Times — July 2023

2022:

• Disability Reporting Workshops, The New York Times — January and October 2022
• Freelancing 101 Workshop for New, Unemployed & Laid-Off Journalists, Independent Event — March 2022
• Guest Speaker for Reporting Class, University of Wisconsin-Madison — May 2022
• Disability & Accessibility Training, Wirecutter — June 2022
• Disability Reporting Training Series (Three Workshops), Military Veterans in Journalism — July to August 2022
• “Say What You Mean: Avoiding Disability Euphemisms In News Stories” Language Workshop, ACES: The Society for Editing Conference — September 2022
• “Improving Your Election Coverage for People With Disabilities” Panel Moderator, National Press Club Journalism Institute — October 2022
• “Brandy Schillace on ‘Year of the Tiger’ by Alice Wong” YouTube Show, Featured Guest, Peculiar Book Club YouTube Show — November 2022
• Forbes 30 Under 30 Panel, Fordham University — November 2022

2021:

• Speaker at the Jane Hoppen Writers Salon, Paragraph — January 2021
• “Conversations with Wendy Lu,” Emerson College — March 2021
• Byte Size Learning on Disability Language & Inspiration Porn, Arts Access — April 2021
• “Intersection Of Asian American & Disability Identities” Opening Plenary Speech, National Disability Rights Network Conference — May 2021
• Disability in Journalism Panel, Summer Speaker Series, The Daily Princetonian at Princeton University — June 2021
• Disability Reporting Panel, NPR — September 2021
• “Disability & Journalism” Workshop for Tomodachi Story Jam, University of Massachusetts in Boston — August 2021
• Disability Reporting Best Practices Training, HuffPost x Buzzfeed — October 2021
• Guest Speaker for the Alliance of Journalists With Disabilities, Columbia Journalism School, November 2021
• Covering Social Issues Lecture for the Opinion & Media Class, Humber College — December 2021
  

2020:

• Guest Speaker on Union Bargaining for “Issues in Organizing” class, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies — June 2020
• Olmstead Anniversary Inclusion Hour: “Our Stories for Freedom & Inclusive Community,” The Kelsey — June 2020
• “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” Panel Moderator, Film at Lincoln Center and Netflix — July 2020
• “Covering the Disability Community” Panel, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Festival — August 2020
• “It’s Personal: Covering Social Justice” Panel, HuffPost for Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Festival — August 2020
• “Power of Journalism in Disability Justice Work,” Color of DIS — August 2020
• “Pitch Perfect: Everything to Know About Pitching Stories,” Freelancing with Tim — September 2020
• “Shifting the Disability Narrative” Speaker, NBC Universal — October 2020
• “Run” Film Panel Moderator, Film at Lincoln Center — November 2020
• Building Resilience In the Workplace, HuffPost — December 2020
• Covering Social Issues Lecture for Opinion & Media Class,
  Humber College — December 2020
• Crafting Effective Opinions Lecture for Op-Ed Writing Class, Harvard Kennedy School — December 2020

2019:

• Reporting on People With Disabilities Workshop, New York University in Abu Dhabi — March 2019
• Disability Mentoring Day Panel, Verizon Media — May 2019
• Disability Inclusion in Public Policy Panel, Digital Inclusion Conference by the NYC Mayor’s Office of People With Disabilities — May 2019
• “Disability Reporting Best Practices” Workshop, HuffPost — July 2019
• “When We Walk” Documentary Screening Q&A Moderator, Asian American International Film Festival — August 2019
• “Science, Not Stigma” Workshop by the National Institute of Allergy
  and Infectious Diseases, ScienceWriters 2019 Conference in State College, PA — October 2019
• Disability & Ableism Digital Panel, Lakeshore Foundation — October 2019

2018:

• “Reporting on the Disability Beat,” Panel, New England Newspaper & Press
  Association Conference — February 2018
• Digital Journalism & Disability Reporting Lectures for News Editing & Media Hub Classes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — April 2018
• “From Flashpoint to Fatigue: the Lifecycle of a Narrative” Panel Moderator,
  AmpLit Fest — June 2018
• “How To Kill It As A Freelancer” Panel, Her Conference — July 2018
• Reporting Panel, Columbia Journalism School — October 2018
• “Shifting the Disability Narrative” Lecture, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN — October 2018
• “Disability Narrative” Lecture, WEIRDD Poetry Series — November 2018
• “Covering Marginalized Communities” Panel for the Women Action Media! (WAM!) Conference — December 2018

2017:

• “Dating & Sex With A Disability” Episode, “I Want It That Way” Podcast by
  Bustle — March 2017
• “Literary Citizenship: The Writer’s Identity” Panel, AmpLit Fest — June 2017
• Reporting Panel, Columbia Journalism School — October 2017