UO Today interview: Putsata Reang, author of Ma and Me: A Memoir

Writer Putsata Reang is a veteran journalist whose writings have appeared in national and international publications, including the New York Times, Politico, the Guardian, Ms, The Seattle Times, and the San Jose Mercury News. Putsata was born in Cambodia and raised in Corvallis, Oregon. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism at the University of Oregon. Her memoir Ma and Me was published in 2022. She teaches memoir writing at the University of Washington School of Professional and Continuing Education.