Alice Pung
Writer and lawyer Alice Pung was born in Footscray, Victoria, and grew up in Braybrook, attending local primary and secondary schools in the Western suburbs of Melbourne. Pung worked extensively with both primary and secondary school students - as an art instructor, independent school teacher, and student mentor. Pung was the Writer in Residence and pastoral care adviser at Janet Clarke Hall, the University of Melbourne. Her work also appeared in Meanjin. Pung also practised as a solicitor, and was the recipient of an Asialink residency in 2008 (to Peking University).
Alice Pung's website: http://www.alicepung.com/
Growing up Asian in Australia. Black Inc, 2008. (anthology; Pung as editor) Unpolished Gem. Black Inc, 2006.
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