SAMMY WONG FILES
"We were the only yellow immigrants in Albert Lea, Austin, St. Cloud, and Rochester in Minnesota - mostly all-white communities. I marched in a Chinese dress in the Memorial Day parade, carrying the American flag. Our golden rule: CHIANG KAI SHEK loyalty, no dating whites, and FACE at all costs". Today, her multiracial extended family includes an actor daughter, U.S. Army vets, diplomats, a Knight Ridder editor, computer programmers, psychologists and psychiatrists, teachers, a board member of the National Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, health care workers, and community lawyers. Her writings include "Haiti Through Its Holidays" (Blyden Press, New York, New York) and "A" Magazine. She was honored by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission and shares a First Manhattan Borough President's award for Literature with Jessica Hagedorn.