Teaching and Facilitation

I have over ten years of experience teaching higher education, facilitating activities and meetings for grassroots organizations, and running creative writing workshops. These are examples of subjects I’ve taught and facilitated:

  • Introduction to Asian American studies

  • Asian American contemporary issues

  • Critical Refugee Studies

  • Political education

  • Community-building for organizations

  • Healing justice and BIPOC and QTBIPOC mental health

  • Speculative fiction writing

  • Poetry workshops

  • Memoir writing

  • Comic writing

  • Abolition

 

Testimonials

T.K. is an amazing facilitator. She does an amazing job of making sure everyone’s input is received and validated. When there are differences of opinion amongst members of the group, she does an amazing job of facilitating the space so that all opinions are heard while also bridging across differences to promote healthy dialogue rather than heated debate. T.K. makes any space feel warm and inviting!
— Lan Nguyen, teacher & filmmaker

T.K. co-facilitated a two-day political education and organizing training I participated in a few years ago. She holds space for others with ease, humor, and intention. What stayed with me most is this moment during a sharing activity where T.K. set the tone by telling her own story of feeling connected to movement by ancestors. The dignity, anger, and love for community she shared resonated in my body and sustained me for a long time after the training was over. She knows instinctively how to move with her own spirit and brings people around her to alive our spirit, too.
— Nare Park, nonprofit outreach worker & mutual aid organizer

T.K. Lê is a wonderfully thoughtful editor, someone whose feedback always gets to the heart of one’s writing. She is adept at picking out the key thematic strains of someone’s work and makes powerful suggestions that enhance character motivation, structural experimentation, and more. Never didactic or prescriptive, she truly sees your work for what it is, identifying its strengths and unique voice. For newer and aspiring writers, I highly recommend working with T.K!
— Muriel Leung, author of Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books)

I have joined a yearly virtual writing circle, created and facilitated by T.K, for the past several years. T.K. always sends a warm, encouraging welcome with ample information and sets the tone for the space. She holds the space for us all month. It’s one of my favourite times of the year to write, share, and read poems to see how we are supporting and influencing one another. T.K. brings people together with so much care and intention and for that reason, I will continue to join as long as this space is run.
— Tina Zafreen Alam, writer

T.K. Lê is a terrific creative writing workshop facilitator. The way she runs her workshops is so full of consideration and intention, for the craft and even more for the participants of the workshops. Her feedback is specific and at once challenges you to grow while also finding delight in your writing. In the workspace space, T.K. fostered a sense of community and care from the first day.
— Indigo, community advocate
 

Presentation Samples

Below are some excerpts of recent presentations. You can click on the left and right arrow buttons to scroll.