In this episode, Kristin speaks with Mr Lux, the Executive Director of PEPY Empowering Youth: an organization that runs personal and professional development programs for students in Siem Reap and one of Writing Through’s partners. With Kristin...

This week’s episode features Christie Pink, a freelance graphic designer based in Cambodia and the founder of Creation Haus, an organization that offers graphic design services, classes, and workshops worldwide. Kristin invited Christie to the ...

In this episode, Kristin speaks with Carlos Andrés Gómez, an award-winning Colombian American poet and public speaker. Carlos worked with Writing Through during our first Great Lake Poets Express workshop in Cambodia’s Prek Toal Floating Villa...

In this week’s episode, Kristin sits down with Andrea McKenna Brankin, a multitalented writer-journalist and long-time Writing Through facilitator based in Singapore. As someone who has always expressed herself creatively through words, fashion...

In this episode, Sue speaks to Eugénie Munakarmi, the COO of Enfants du Mekong (Children of the Mekong), an incredible French organization established back in 1958, that helps children all over South-East Asia. EdM was one of our first partners...

In this week’s episode, Sue interviews  Lucia Orellana, an Ecuadorian social and clinical psychologist-turned-poet and one of Writing Through’s long-term volunteers. They discuss how living in different cultures, places, and languages can ...

In this week’s episode, Sue is joined by her friend, Dr Lisa Wong, a pediatrician, musician, teacher and musical education advocate. She explains the fascinating links between how and why playing music makes someone a better physician and ho...

In this episode, Sue interviews one of the members of Writing Through’s fantastic Board of Directors, Votey Cheav. They get into a wide array of topics during their conversation. Votey really has had a fascinating life; she shares her experi...

In this episode, Sue interviews Writing Through’s former Deputy Director, Jess Blackledge, who now lives in Edinburgh and works as a Learning Officer for the world-famous Fringe Festival. They discuss her wide-ranging career, which has the c...

In this episode, Sue interviews the incredible Dara Hout, the Chief Executive of Phare Circus, a live show of drama, dance and impressive acrobatics, known as the ‘Pride of Cambodia’. Listen to how he  defines creativity, why we should ...

In this episode, Sue interviews the fascinating Lizzy Plapinger, known professionally as LPX. They discuss what it means about to be an artist, how we can all live a more creative life, her unique relationship with color and AI and how she redi...

In our Season 1 finale, Kristin is joined by Soucheng, another student from Liger Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Using her unique voice, Soucheng discusses how the pandemic has affected her creativity, the importance of taking the ...

This week, Sue is joined by Alexa Santillana, a former participant of Writing Through and the founder of Youth Advocates Club in West Covina, California. She and Sue discuss her first year at university, her expectations vs the reality of study...

In this episode, Kristin Schuster, our deputy director, is back chatting with the lovely Kim Ann Khlang from PEPY, one of our partners in Siem Reap, Cambodia. They discuss the impact on the PEPY scholarship students when they learn to write cre...

Sue continues her conversation with Patty, discussing the need for creative writing in America and how creative writing can be used as a tool to learn the skills of listening and connecting with others.

Sue speaks with long-term volunteer and facilitator Patty Bierley about how our environment affects the ways we think and feel. They also discuss how to cultivate an environment where we can be free to express ourselves fully.

This week, Sue chats with her friend Jason Baron, the founder of the Chelly Foundation, a non-profit in Kampot in Southern Cambodia. He explains how and why the organization began and the ripple effects of bringing education to the young people...

This week we are back with Writing Through alum and professional photographer, Roun Ry to discuss the importance of arts and experiential education. Roun also reflects on his creative journey and takes the time to share one of his poems with us...

In this episode, Sue sits down with Roun Ry, a good friend and former student of Anjali House and Writing Through. Roun is now a celebrated professional photographer living in Phnom Penh City. He and Sue discuss his artistic process, how he tel...

Sue continues her conversation with Martha, a long-term Writing Through volunteer. They explore the impact of the pandemic, its subsequent challenges, and what it means to come home after an extended period of living abroad. She also shares a b...

Executive Director Sue is joined by Martha Scarborough, one of Writing Through's very first volunteers! Together, they discuss Writing Through's origins, Martha's lived experiences across the globe, and how the organization has been shaped by a...

In this episode, Deputy Director Kristin Schuster speaks to Cheatra, a brilliant student from the prodigious Liger Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He discusses his school, how he incorporates the Writing Through Workshop rules into ...

What factors impact creative writing? In part two of our interview with Jess Blackledge, Writing Through’s former Assistant Director, Sue and Jess discuss the ways in which culture and age inform creative processes. Jess tells us about the diff...

What is co-creation? This week, Sue is joined by Writing Through’s former Assistant Director, Jess Blackledge, who discusses her move back to the UK during the pandemic, her unexpected culture shock, and the unique challenges posed by the co-cr...

Executive Director Sue Guiney and Deputy Director Kristin Schuster introduce Writing Through. Kristin interviews one of Writing Through’s very first participants in Cambodia, a remarkable and ambitious student named Rattana. After fulfilling hi...