Hoa Quach

I'm a Chinese-Vietnamese-American living in San Diego, Calif. Currently a political editor and writer for the San Diego News Network and a volunteer-English-teacher to refugee children. I also serve on the board of directors for Rolling Readers USA and am the president of the Asian American Journalists Association in San Diego. For anyone that has a story idea regarding American immigrants, minorities or any links, please feel free to send them my way.

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Latest posts by Hoa Quach

USA: Soldier Homecomings on YouTube

  18 June 2010

The moment when a soldier returns from duty abroad can capture human emotion like no other. On YouTube, videos of soldiers coming home have multiplied over the past several years.

USA: The battle over medical marijuana

  27 May 2009

In the United States, 13 states currently allow citizens to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but even these limited rights are under threat. In response, many Americans have created blogs to support and extend the legalization of marijuana.

USA: Blogging from Prison

  6 March 2009

Reading books, playing cards, or learning new skills, are some of the tips on how to deal with going to jail offered by former inmate Sam Stanfield on Ezine @rticles. But for the 1 in 100 adults in prisons across the USA, another pastime can now be blogging – at least via someone on the outside with access to a computer.

USA: Marrying for Love and Country

  14 February 2009

Whether for love or for visa, deciding whether to marry is never an easy thing. In the United States, where more than 12 million people live as "undocumented" immigrants, falling in love and getting married to an American is one way legal status can be resolved. Immigrant bloggers share their stories.

USA: Blogging their Dreams of Citizenship

  23 January 2009

More than 655,000 people participated in an online vote about which issues activist website Change.org should focus on in 2009. Thanks to campaigning from bloggers and immigrant activists, passing a law that would create a path for undocumented students to gain legal residence in the United States was selected as one of the top 10 priorities.