Bio

Words /

Jess (she/her) is a Vietnamese-Jewish-British-American writer, editor, poet and researcher who explores motherhood, motherlands, mother-tongues and family, especially as it pertains to diasporic Vietnamese and Southeast Asian communities. She is the founder of this is for mẹ, a column hosted on diaCRITICS that focuses on these themes.

Bodywork /

Jess is a doula, pelvic health and womb wellness guide, and martial artist. She uses these mediums to support herself and others in reclaiming pleasure, peace, power and presence.

Jess created Shadow Boxing with your Shadow Self, a martial arts informed somatic practice to address and affirm female rage and grief. 

Bodywork Trainings, Certifications and Professional Development

• Holistic Pelvic Care™ certification with Tami Lynne Kent 2023

• Mistress Class, Dominatrix Training, 2023

• Fruit of Knowledge Learning Community, Samantha Zipporah, ongoing

• Intro to Mixed Identity Workshop, Mixed Race in America, 2022

• The Ceremony of Birth, Indigenous Childbirth Education, Mujer de la Tierra, 2022

• Common Postpartum Patterns in the Body, Institute for Healing Birth 2022

• Core Course 1, Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education, 2022-2023

• Dynamo Doula Training, 2018-2019

• The Wisdom of The Blood: Plants & Practices for Those Who Bleed, Queen and Crow, Seattle, 2017

• Birth Doula Skills Workshop, Simkin Center at Bastyr, Seattle 2017

• Birth Doula Services Workshop, Open Arms, Seattle 2017

• B.R.A.S. for Doulas - Lactation Workshop with Carrie Kenner, Seattle 2017

• Muay Thai Training, Phuket Dragon Muay Thai, Thailand, 2011-2014