Biography

Lindsey Chou (she/they) is the proud daughter of Cambodian refugees, born and raised across Garden Grove and Long Beach, CA. She is currently a first-year Master’s student pursuing a dual degree in Asian American Studies and Social Work. Prior to UCLA, she received a B.A. in Asian American Studies and Psychology from Stanford University, where she was heavily involved in Southeast/Asian American community and educational spaces. Her work examines various forms of memory in upholding and disrupting colonial notions of trauma, healing, and care. Drawing inspiration from community members engaged in alternative forms of care and resistance in the everyday, she seeks to build critical pedagogy and care practices that center self- and community-driven knowledge production. Lindsey is also a big lover of Spotify playlists, live music, animated media, parks (big and small), and a good dilly dally.