I had the opportunity to join a craft seminar on memoir led by H'Rina DeTroy through DVAN this fall and it was such a lovely experience to be in a writing space with fellow writers from the Southeast Asian diaspora. H'Rina facilitated a warm, welcoming space for writers at all stages of memoir-writing, and shared lessons and frameworks to jumpstart (or continue) our memoir writing. By leading us through a close reading of House of Sticks by Ly Tran and providing thoughtful writing prompts throughout the series, H'Rina helped me think about what kind of voice and stories I want to tell through my own writing.