PinnedMai TraninGENI Don’t Want Incarcerated People to Feel Cut Off From the WorldLibrarian networks are trying to get books in the hands of people locked away in prisons and jails·3 min read·Dec 23, 2020--7--7
Mai TraninGENMy Year of Tending to Indoor Plants Left Behind in Empty Office Buildings‘You’re working on all these plants and you’re the only person who’s appreciating it’·4 min read·Apr 2, 2021--2--2
Mai TraninGENI’m a Federal Employee Who Saw Trump Slash Environmental ProtectionsAlready it is a new day at the EPA under Biden·4 min read·Feb 8, 2021--4--4
Mai TraninGENWhat I’ve Learned Giving Vaccines in Rural AmericaWe don’t have many doses yet. Giving them out fairly is a challenge.·4 min read·Jan 19, 2021--2--2
Mai TraninGENI Lost My Vons Delivery Job to California’s Prop 22I voted for the ballot measure because I thought it’d help drivers like me. Now I’m out of a job.·4 min read·Jan 11, 2021--10--10
Mai TraninGENI’m a Dentist Bringing in New Patients Through TikTok‘I did a parody of the WAP dance that made me go viral’·3 min read·Dec 31, 2020----
Mai TraninGENI Became a ‘Closeted Socialist’ After My Family Fled CommunismAs the daughter of South Vietnamese refugees, I had to hide my interest in Ho Chi Minh’s socialist theories·5 min read·Dec 11, 2020--17--17
Mai TraninGENI’m a Mall Santa Trying to Capture the Christmas Spirit Over Zoom‘It’s been quite a learning curve’·4 min read·Dec 8, 2020----
Mai TraninGENI’m Defending Tenants Against Scamming SlumlordsIn California, I’ve seen a spike in landlords looking for creative excuses to evict tenants·4 min read·Nov 30, 2020----
Mai TraninGENI’m a Food and Travel Influencer Filming Videos as Countries Go Into Lockdown‘We had to keep traveling because it’s part of our job’·4 min read·Nov 25, 2020--1--1