Darlene Hoang’s mundane moments in her dorm room caught the attention of millions. The first-year pre-communication student said she started making TikTok videos at home in March to keep track of her college acceptance letters. Read more...
Photo: What started as an attempt to keep track of college acceptance letters on TikTok has become a way to document university life during a pandemic for first-year pre-communication student Darlene Hoang. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Valentine’s Day celebrations extended beyond romance over the weekend. UCLA’s chapter of the online college women’s magazine, Her Campus, held a virtual Galentine’s Day Party on Saturday to bring students together during Valentine’s Day weekend. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/ Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 12 at 2:47 p.m. Rosalva Isidoro’s bookmarks hold pages and tell stories of their own. The UCLA alumna began selling artistic bookmarks through her Instagram-based business @rosalva_floralmarks after meeting her maternal grandmother for the first time two years ago. Read more...
Photo: After learning to weave flowers from her maternal grandmother, alumna Rosalva Isidoro launched @rosalva_floralmarks to support her education and community. She creates handmade artistic bookmarks from woven, pressed flowers that all tell stories of their own. (Courtesy of Rosalva Isidoro)
Alumna Jasmine Williams’ quarantine passion project has flourished into an uplifting community on social media. Jasmine’s Chocolate Bar, an Instagram page and community focused on connecting Black people with deep skin tones, has gained nearly 300 followers since Williams first opened the page in the summer of 2020. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Jasmine Williams launched her Instagram page, @jasmineschocolatebar, to uplift her community and celebrate Black people with deep skin tones. She educates her followers on issues affecting the Black community like colorism though memes, quotes, advice and self-submitted photos. (Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
For the Kang family, sharing authentic Korean recipes takes just one spoon. Launched by second-year psychobiology student Joanne Kang, OneSpoon is a YouTube channel and Instagram page that highlights Korean recipes taught by Joanne’s mother, Helen Kang. Read more...
Photo: Joanne Kang launched the YouTube channel and Instagram page OneSpoon to highlight her mom, Helen Kang’s, authentic Korean recipes. With filming and editing support from her brother Matthew Kang, the family’s videos showcase meals like pork rib kimchi jjim for their followers to learn and enjoy. (Daanish Bhatti/Assistant photo editor)
Emily Pitcher connects love, mental health and the Asian American experience on a star-filled computer screen in “The Space in Between.” As a fourth-year English student, Pitcher said she knew creating video games seemed like an unconventional project for her field of study. Read more...
Photo: Emily Pitcher released her first indie video game, “The Space in Between,” on Jan. 18. As an interactive fiction, the fourth-year English student said players explore themes of love, mental health and the Asian American experience by connecting constellations. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Han and Julia Lee)
What began as a desire for more aesthetically pleasing photo books has evolved into Project Memory Co. For alumnae Aneri Chouhan and Samantha Chandra, their business, Project Memory Co., has given them a chance to apply their classroom knowledge to the world of small businesses. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Aneri Chouhan)
