Articles written by Mahlon Meyer

Mahlon Meyer, Northwest Asian Weekly|Updated Dec 1, 2022

Usually, Shirley Chang is in complete control. The Amazon executive has steely black pupils that cut right to the soul. But when she talks about her son, who has eczema, they become bewildered and sad. So crucial is skin health to not just our physical, but our emotional wellbeing, that experts strongly caution us against neglecting it, as many people do. For Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), the issues are complicated by a convergence of cultural and genetic factors that in some areas leave them even more...