Michelle Lee
Michelle Lee is a native New Yorker and Manhattan-based doctor writer. She graduated Cornell Medical School and completed her internal medicine year at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital at the height of the COVID pandemic. She is currently a resident physician at NYP-Cornell Hospital in Manhattan. Michelle has written about New York City and Asian American and Pacific Islander community issues, especially during coronavirus and anti-Asian hate crisis, for New York Magazine, NBC, Stat News, KevinMD, Zagat, Eater, Life & Thyme, Infatuation, Salon News, and Civil Eats.
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5 NYC Asian-American Restaurateurs Reflect On The Escalation Of Anti-Asian Hate
With hate crimes on the rise, the Asian restaurant community in New York finds hope in support from locals and each other.