About Carolyn Goossen

GOOSSEN, CAROLYN JI JONG is an editor, writer and video producer for New America Media (formerly Pacific News Service), a national association of ethnic media organizations based in San Francisco. She runs a number of ethnic media and youth media initiatives, and is an editor and facilitator with The Beat Within, a weekly publication of art and writing from inside 40 San Francisco Bay Area juvenile hall facilities. Originally from Toronto, Goossen has lived and worked in Kyoto, Montreal, Toronto and Beijing. After graduating from McGill University with a bachelor’s degree in history and East Asian languages, Goossen moved to Beijing where she worked as an interpreter, research-assistant and freelance writer. She then returned to Toronto, where she worked as a community researcher. Goossen has been living in San Francisco for the past three years with her devoted husband and obedient three year old daughter. She enjoys spending some of her free time slurping instant noodles and consuming chocolate chip cookies.