My pre-K teacher

My old therapists

My friends

My old tablet (had Kindle and would dabble in reading)

Reading circles

PBS channel

UC Davis

Movies I watched with subtitles

My older brother

College Board

Kumon

Academic Pentathlon

Academic Decathlon

Margaret Troke Library (in Stockton, CA)

PBS

Rio Calaveras Elementary School

My AP English Language & AP English Literature Teacher

My Parents

Carter(My online friend who helped with revision and gave me crucial feedback)

Sacramento Public Library

Step siblings

Mrs. Brewer(AP Lit)

Suits(TV Show)

Video games(scramble and other fun ones)

Mr.Ron( GEAR UP Advisor)

Translator( I translate for my parents who don't understand English that well, because of the language barrier)

School friends

Richard (an online friend who kept me sane)

My Parents

School Library

The Harry Potter Series (Ignited my passion for reading and storytelling)

My Older Brother (Helped me in assignments)

My Best Friend (We shared stories and Books)

My High School English Teacher (Helped me improve my skills in writing)

J.K. Rowling (Her works inspired me)

Vidoe games (Oregon Trail game helped me learn problem-solving and reading as fun)

Public Library Summer Reading program

My dad answers all my questions (he's very knowledgable)

My sister

Gilmore Girls

Hamilton the musical

My AP English Language teacher my sophomore year of high school

Education Connection commercial advertisement on tv

The book My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

My best friend Maddie who reads a lot (books and news)

Grey's Anatomy

The Great Gatsby

The book Where the Crawdad's Sing by Delia Owens

Ms. Kunes (My statistics teacher my senior year of high school)

The Harry Potter Series

When I first read the novel, I was deeply attracted. The novel made me enjoy reading.

My parents

My primary Chinese teacher.

She gave us an assignment to read one book every week.

UWP classes in UCDavis.

I learned how to annotate and read texts.

A poetry exchange activity with students in rural areas

When I received their responses, I felt the power of writing.

My cousins

Public library

Before high school, I always went to the public library with my friends to read newly published books.

My parents

My teachers in the school

My teachers outside the school, such as my piano teacher. As there are some Italian terms showing to make us think about in what ways we need to use to express the whole piece of music.)

Online resources

There are singers who are not only music composers but also skilled lyricists. By taking my favorite singer, Steve Chou, as an example, I really love a song called Qing Hua. I really love how he expresses frustration indirectly; instead, he describes a specific view that encourages listeners to logically infer and emotionally connect with similar feelings.

Contests: Academic Decathlon and so on.

Library

Best friends

My parent

My English teacher

My sisters

My Friends

Netflix series/movie (home)

My cousin

Social Media

my senior yearenglish teacher

reading all the articles at UCD

writing essays throughout high school

going to learn guitar

cinco ranch public library

the great gatsby book

harry potter

grandma

parents

My parents

They brought lots of books in my desk give me a good opportunity to accumulate the knowledge.

College

As an international student gradually improve the learning skills.

My roommate

I'm luck to have a kind America roommate she taught me some colloquial language.

My friends

They give me a good atmosphere for learning and insist the tough things.

My professor

The most important to improve my academic knowledge and have professional proposal.

Social media

In my free time the various material mostly from facebook or other plat form, it greatly expand my horizon.

My parents

Social Media

My elementary school counselor

My brother

Playing Bananagrams

Speaking Spanish with my family

My first-year roommates

Parents

Television

Rancho Rosal Elementary School

Cartoon Network

The Magic School Bus

English Essays throughout school

Grandparents

Social Media

My friends

Church

My parents

My high school debate teacher

Being a translator for my parents when we travelled to Australia.

My younger sister (we discussed a lot about literacy)

my first-year college roommate (he was enthusiastic and told me a lot about the local culture)

all UWP instructors in UC Davis

English movies with subtitles

Peer advisors in the writing center in UC Davis.

My senior year highschool English teacher.

Palos Verdes Library

UC Davis

My friends

My parents

Movies

Grammarly

Internet

Lord Of the Flies

My parents

UCD

Dr. Andrew(My English teacher in high school)

My friend

Shixi Shen(A Chinese writer who used to give a lecture in our school.)

Pingwa Jia(A Chinese writer who used to give a lecture in our school.)

Library

My mom

My older brother

UC Davis

Social Media

My tutor

My counselor

College advisor

PBS

Subtitles

Mr Beall (my english teacher)

My parents – They read me picture books when I was little. My favorites is Les P'tites Poules.

Mythologies from around the world – Sparked my early fascination with language, symbolism, and culture.

Harry Potter series – Gave my imagination wings. Made me believe that words could build entire worlds to escape into.

The Chronicles of Narnia – Another foundational series that expanded my creative thinking and belief in the power of language to shape inner landscapes.

Historical literature – I started reading long historical books at a young age, which taught me to focus, reflect, and appreciate the past as a mirror.

On the Road by Jack Kerouac – I discovered it in middle school, fell in love with the emotional rawness of the Beat Generation, and began journaling my own feelings and thoughts.

TOEFL writing training – helped me develop a strong sense of structure and efficiency in writing.

Academic writing classes at UC Davis – Helped me rebuild my confidence in writing and understand writing as a process, not just a product.

Poems of Allen Ginsberg – Found it in the campus library when I was on the edge of burnout. It reminded me why I loved writing in the first place.

City Lights Bookstore (San Francisco) – A spiritual spot for me. I go there during breaks, and every visit feels like a small pilgrimage.

My personal journals – A private space where I explore my feelings and creativity freely.

College writing assignments – Challenging but transformative. They pushed me to think critically and write deeply.

My parents

English teachers

High school counselor

My best friends

My sisters

YouTube

Media

My parents

My teachers

My friends

UC Davis

Social Media

Grammarly

Internet

Movies

TV shows

My mom

My Nonnie (mom's mom)

My step mom

The Covina Library

My sousin bella

My peers in reading competitions

My mom (taught me most of my Chinese)

My dad (taught me copious amounts of computer language and I might still only understand a fraction)

Chinese school, where I attended for 5 years

Hayden, an online friend, that would send me links to different wikis on games we would entertain

Watching Ninjago

Reading Harry Potter, 10/10 read

Corvallis-Benton county Library

A reading club I used to attend and teach

My writing tutor in early elementary school that taught me how to write essays

Unfortunately the endless scroll instagram provides

Family

My mothers store

Tires (tv show)

Cartoon network

Boys and Girls Club

Bass Guitar

Music in general

Cats or cute fluffy animals

My high school writing teacher[Sophia]

Friends from library[we always read and write things together in library]

UCD

TED speaking. I watch that video every week and inspired me a lot.

TV program

UWP assignments[let me have more ideas]

TOEFL writing. [help me to develop a good writing basic]

My advisor. She helps me how to solve problems and frame my plan.

My parents: They always brought me new novels when they were free in my childhood.

Friend from home

Yong Jin(Novel author)

Animations

UCDavis

My high school literacy teacher

My local sienna library.

reddit(fun reading)

git hub( for reading code)

Pinterest( for fation and trendy reading)

j.k Rowling

Chinmaya mission

Literotica

chat gpt story maker( subscribed)

Myon (for audio reading medicine readings)

linkedln( serious career and accolade related reading)

The internet

Young-adult fiction books (mainly sci-fi and fantasy)

My english and history teachers

My old friends

My dad

My mom and grandparents (they taught me chinese)