Interviews with Cynthia in the San Jose Mercury News:

Seeing themselves in books, Karen D'Souza, San Jose Mercury News, Jan. 25, 2009. (This article is in the San Jose Mercury News archive.)

Adversity feeds author's love of storytelling, LA Chung, San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 24, 2007

San Mateo County Times

Palo Alto family's experience depicted in children's book on gay marriage

Palo Alto online

Operation Marriage, Inspired by a Palo Alto family

2011

November 2011
Launch for Operation Marriage at Kepler's Bookstore (Menlo Park, CA)

Authors@Google, Mountain View, CA

2010

National Organization of Chinese Americans Convention (Houston, TX)

2009

January 2009
San Mateo County Reading Association Annual Author and Illustrator Fair, Redwood Shores, CA

February 2009
Orion School Author and Illustrator Festival, Redwood City, CA

2008

February 2008
Speaker, Laurel School, Menlo Park, CA

March 2008
Speaker, Mitchell Park Library, Palo Alto, CA

March 2008
Kepler's Bookstore, Sunday Storytime, Menlo Park, CA

May 2008
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Chi State, California Annual Convention, Keynote Speaker, Burlingame, CA

Toastmasters International, District 4, Area H5, International Speech Contest, Menlo Park, CA; "Does Inclusion Matter?"

June 2008
Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan, Class on Creative Bookmaking for Children

October 2008
Book Fair, Bubb Elementary School, Mountain View, CA

November 2008
Author and Illustrator Brunch, California School Library Association Annual Convention, Sacramento, CA

2007

January 2007
Storytime for kids, College Terrace Library, Palo Alto

February 2007
Santa Clara County Reading Association Annual Author Event, Santa Clara, CA

April 2007
National Library Week, Speaker, Hoover School, Palo Alto

May 2007
Speaker, Pacific Rim Voices, Synergy School, San Francisco

November 2007
Speaker, San Miguel Elementary, Sunnyvale, CA

2006

March 2006
Reading the World VIII, A Conference Celebrating Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Speaker, St. Andrews School, Saratoga, CA

May 2006
15th Annual Authors Salon, Peninsula Volunteer Programs, Menlo Park, CA

2005

February 2005
Amelia to Zora appears in bookstores with two starred reviews, one from Booklist and the other from Kirkus.

Speaks to 400 children about writing at the Tucson Unified School District, AZ

February 2005
Pan Asian Community Alliance, 10th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, Tucson, AZ

April 2005
Charlesbridge Publishing announces a second printing of the best-selling Amelia to Zora.

Book signing at Linden Tree Bookstore, Los Altos, CA

May 2005
Announces the winners of "This Amazing Woman Inspires Me" essay contest for 4th grade students in Palo Alto and Menlo Park Schools, CA.

Book signing and talk at Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA with 60 people in attendance.

Visits 13- to 17-year-old girls at Santa Clara, CA Juvenile Hall to speak to them about her life, her writing, and pursuing dreams.

June 2005
Charlesbridge Publishing announces the teacher's guide for Amelia to Zora.  Click for details on books available through Charlesbridge Publishing.

July 2005
Asian Heritage Spotlight Program, Foster City Library, Foster City, CA

July 2005

Speaker at the Foster City Library for the Organization of Chinese Americans.

August 2005
Booksigning at Costco, Mountain View, CA for Amelia to Zora, which begins with aviator Amelia Earhart and ends with Zora Neale Hurston, anthropologist, writer, and folklorist. Other women include Kristy Yamaguchi, Grace Hopper, and Oprah Winfrey.

October 2005
Talk at San Mateo Main Library sponsored by Asian American Curriculum Project (AACP) http://www.asianamericanbooks.com/

November 2005
Booksigning at A Likely Story, Arlington, VA.
 
Awards prizes to 4th grade essay winners of "This Woman Amazes Me" contest.

Multicultural Book Festival at Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

2004

January 2004
Publishing of Albert to Zoltan: 26 Men Who Changed the World, the companion book to Amelia to Zora: 26 Women Who Changed the World. Albert to Zoltan profiles 26 contemporary men from Albert Einstein to Zoltan Kodaly and includes Tiger Woods, Hiram Fong, Yo-Yo Ma, and others.