jacquelyn is researcher, writer, and artist.

Jacquelyn is a researcher, writer, and artist based in the East Bay, Calif. She attended university in San Francisco, where she studied sociology and Asian American studies. After graduating in 2017, she began working in education research.

Her professional research expertise include qualitative methods, children and families, culture and communities, and public health and well-being. She has additional academic and professional experience in graphic, web, and user design. She has partnered with clients such as San Francisco City & County, City of Richmond, Alameda County, the California Commission for Behavioral Health, Getty Family Museum, Sephora, and more.

As an artist, she works in charcoal drawing, oil painting, and black-and-white film photography. She is currently studying studio arts, including hand development of film and darkroom printing.

In 2021, she began publishing stories about food, culture, and identity.

In 2024, she began a newsletter covering Bay Area business, culture, and politics.

Get in touch at jacq.tran2 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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personal presentations

Boba, Falsies, and Raves: Exploratory Research on ‘Asian Baby Girls’ (ABGs) in Asian American Youth Subcultures. University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. April 2019.

Boba, Falsies, and Raves: 'Asian Baby Girls' in Asian American Youth Subcultures.
Santa Clara University 44th Annual Western Departments of Anthropology and Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference, Santa Clara, CA. 29 April 2017.

Wake 'Em Up!: Asian Americans in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement. Hyphen Magazine at University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. April 2015. (Read the full article, archived here)