It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing.

She has written for and led in many cultural events emphasizing the importance of Los Angeles and Chinatown. Dragon Bones. Dreams of Joy.

See has completed a sequel titled Dreams of Joy which was released May 31 2011. Her Chinese-American family has had a great impact on her life and work. Shanghai Girls (2009) chronicles the lives of two sisters who come to Los Angeles in arranged marriages and face among other things the pressures put on Chinese-Americans during the anti-Communist mania of the 1950s.