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Kat Chow is an Asian-American author and journalist who was a founding member of the National Public Radio show and podcast Code Switch.cite-ref-0-1-0[1]cite-ref-2[2]cite-ref-6-3-0[3] She has also been a regular panelist on the NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour.cite-ref-4[4] In 2021, her book Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir was released,cite-ref-5[5] which discussed her family's immigration to the United States via Hong Kong and Cuba,cite-ref-0-1-1[1] life at age 13, and losing her mother to cancer in 2004.cite-ref-6[6]cite-ref-7[7]cite-ref-8[8]

Chow earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of Washington, with a minor in diversity from the Department of American Ethnic Studies in 2012. In 2019, she was presented with the University of Washington Honors Alumna award.cite-ref-9[9] She was the recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association 2015 National Journalism Award for reporting Asian American Pacific Islander Issues on Radio/Audio in her piece on "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia."cite-ref-10[10]cite-ref-11[11]

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cite-note-0-11. ↑ citerefhallman2015Hallman, Charles (2015-11-12). "Code Switch deepens race conversation on the airwaves". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

cite-note-22. ↑ citerefjao2016Jao, Charline (2016-06-15). "Interview: Kat Chow and Shereen Marisol Meraji". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

cite-note-6-33. ↑ "Introducing 'Code Switch,' The Podcast". NPR. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

cite-note-44. ↑ "Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Fruitvale Station' And Yelling At Clouds". Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. August 2, 2013.

cite-note-55. ↑ SEEING GHOSTS - A powerful remembrance of a family unmoored by the loss of its matriarch. Kirkus Reviews.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefmartin2021Martin, Kristen (August 25, 2021). "'Seeing Ghosts' Navigates The Melancholia Of Loss — Of People, Places And Identities". NPR.

cite-note-77. ↑ citerefbahadur2021Bahadur, Gaiutra (2021-08-24). "Kat Chow on How Mourning Is Like Taxidermy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

cite-note-88. ↑ citerefquinn2021Quinn, Kevin (2021-09-03). "If you've ever lost a loved one, you'll empathise with Kat Chow". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

cite-note-99. ↑ "Kat Chow wins UW Honors Alumna award - University of Washington Honors Program %". University of Washington Honors Program. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

cite-note-1010. ↑ citerefchow2014Chow, Kat (August 28, 2014). "How The 'Kung Fu Fighting' Melody Came To Represent Asia". NPR Code Switch.

cite-note-1111. ↑ "Asian American Journalists Association – AAJA Announces 2015 Award Winners". Retrieved 2023-05-03.

• Publishers Weekly review of Seeing Ghosts, 2021

• Ten Questions with Kat Chow, Poets & Writers, August 24, 2021

• A Narrative Form of Preservation: An Interview with Kat Chow, Asian American Writers Workshop, August 25, 2021

• Chinese American authors dig up buried family stories on Thanksgiving, WBUR, November 25, 2021