We created a publication to champion multidimensional, lesser-known communities.

When you grow up in a biracial family, because you’ll never fit neatly into any single cultural category, it’s easy to believe that your existence will never be enough. With a dad from South East Asia and a mom from blue collar Providence, identity-finding has always been an underlying theme in my story. The Lesser Known Quarterly (aka TLKQ) is a free publication created in response to identity ambiguity by way of celebration, rather than condemnation.

My team and I curated a range of dynamic and diverse community leaders by region and assembled an even larger team of collaborators to execute our vision. We interviewed restaurateurs, chefs, poets, writers, artists, musicians, dancers, and community leaders to see how they supported underrepresented, marginalized, and lesser-known communities whose multi-dimensional identities shaped the places we inhabit for the better.

The Lesser Known Quarterly has been among the most rewarding projects of my life. It supports my strongly held belief that intersectionality is both integral and meaningful as the world continues to write its story, as well as supporting my strength in community organizing. Its creation is one that I’d only dreamed existed as I was coming of age, defining my own identity.