Audiences and readers have echoed one clear message: this story needs to be told to as wide a viewership as possible.

As Chinese American and Indigenous histories vanish from classrooms — and violence against immigrant communities escalates — this work feels more urgent than ever.

Dancing in Their Light is more than a memoir. It’s a call to remember, reclaim, and resist.

Your tax-deductible donation will fund one critical Initiative over the next six months:

$150,000 – Film Development

To hire WGA writers and create the pilot script, treatment, and show bible — essential for me to have as I pitch my project to potential investors and financiers, casting directors, agents, producers, etc. This is the most critical next step for me.

I'm fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.

My full project is here and yes, there are some vintage family photos too…..

Xie Xie. Mahalo. Thank you.

—Debbie