They say we all have an inner cat who hisses at strangers, judges everyone and wants to sleep all day long. This beautiful Persian cat, Jellybean, came to me in 2013 through an emergency rehoming situation and now we’re best friends. She’s much too angelic to judge anyone … isn’t she?

Besides being Jellybean’s mom, I work in Seoul and am currently writing my first book, “Piñatas for the Year of the Dragon: Conversations with current and former expats in South Korea.”

My earlier work has appeared in the Korea Herald, the Korea Times and Groove Korea magazine.