Expertise
Patient advocacy, intergenerational trauma, and Chinese history and cultureEducation
Columbia UniversityHighlights
Teaching fellow at Columbia University
Master of fine arts from Columbia University
Bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude
As a creative writing instructor, I urge my students to be brave and generous, which is the mindset I take toward writing about healthcare and patient narratives. Be brave in writing with sincerity and generous in reporting with compassion and empathy.
— Sabrina Qiao
Experience
Sabrina Qiao is a writer, journalist, and actress. Currently, she teaches creative nonfiction at Columbia University, where she obtained her MFA and received a Dean's Grant. Her work has been published in Refinery29, ElectricLit, the Delacorte Review, and JoySauce, among other publications. Prior to pursuing a writing career, she worked as a business consultant, specializing in healthcare.
Right now, she's working on expanding her undergraduate thesis into a memoir about her parents' experiences during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Education
Sabrina has a master of arts in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia University, where she was a Chairs Fellow and a fellow for the Nonfiction Dialogues program. As an undergraduate, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where her thesis won the creative writing thesis prize.
