Bao Phi tau koom nrog McKnight thaum Lub Yim Hli 2022 ua Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Yeeb Yam & Kab lis kev cai. Hauv lub luag haujlwm no nws tswj hwm thiab txhim kho kev sib raug zoo nrog cov neeg koom tes thiab cov neeg pab nyiaj nruab nrab, tswj hwm cov peev txheej tseem ceeb, thiab koom tes nrog McKnight cov kev pab cuam, kev nqis peev, thiab pab pawg ua haujlwm kom nce qib thiab ntxiv dag zog rau kev muaj tswv yim, lub zog, thiab kev coj noj coj ua ntawm Minnesota cov neeg ua haujlwm ua yeeb yam thiab kab lis kev cai. .
Ua ntej McKnight, Bao tau ua haujlwm ua tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam rau ze li 23 xyoo ntawm Loft Literary Center, nce los ntawm tus txais tos mus rau tus thawj coj ntawm cov xwm txheej thiab khoom plig. Nws nyob hauv pab pawg uas tau pab Loft tau txais Minnesota Council of Nonprofits 'Anti-Racism Award for Equilibrium, ib qho kev hais lus. Nws kuj tau tswj hwm McKnight Artist Fellowship program hauv Creative Writing, thiab yog tus tsim thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Mirrors thiab Windows, kev sib raug zoo rau kev cob qhia Asmeskas Khab, Dub, Neeg Esxias, Pacific Islander, SWANA, Latinx, thiab cov neeg sau ntawv sib xyaw hauv kev kos duab. thiab kev lag luam ntawm menyuam yaus cov ntaub ntawv.
Raws li ib tug kws kos duab, Bao yog ob zaug hauv Minnesota Grand Slam tus yeej thiab National Poetry Slam zaum kawg. Nws paj huam suav nrog Qhov zoo tshaj plaws American Poetry 2006 anthology thiab luam tawm dav rau lwm qhov, suav nrog hauv ob phau ntawv los ntawm Coffee House Press thiab hauv Paj huam magazine, Neeg Esxias American Literary Review, thiab Lus Qhuab Qhia. Nws cov ntawv tseeb thiab cov ntawv sau tau tshwm sim hauv Octavia's Brood: Dab neeg los ntawm Social Justice Movements, thiab Lub Sijhawm Zoo rau Qhov Tseeb: Kev Sib Tw hauv Minnesota.
Bao kuj paub txog nws cov menyuam phau ntawv. Nws Lub pas dej txawv tau txais 6 lub hnub qub tshuaj xyuas thiab ntau yam khoom plig, suav nrog Caldecott Honour, Ezra Jack Keats Honour, Asian / Pacific American Librarians Association khoom plig rau phau ntawv zoo tshaj plaws, Minnesota Book Award rau cov phau ntawv duab, thiab lwm yam kev lees paub. Nws tau lub npe hu ua Minneapolis Txhua hli Raws li Tus Sau Zoo Tshaj Plaws 2016, thiab Tus Kws Ua Yeeb Yam ntawm Xyoo (2017) thiab Tus Sau Xyoo (2018) los ntawm Cov nplooj ntawv hauv nroog. Nws tam sim no nyob rau hauv pab neeg kho kom raug rau yav tom ntej anthology ntawm Neeg Esxias Asmeskas thiab Pacific Islander kws sau paj huam nyob rau hauv qhov ncauj thiab hais lus kab lig kev cai.
Bao muaj bachelor of arts in English los ntawm Macalester College. Yug hauv Saigon tsis ntev ua ntej kev khiav tawm ntawm nws tsev neeg thiab ntau tus neeg mus rau Tebchaws Meskas, Bao yog ib tug neeg Nyab Laj Asmeskas tau tsa hauv Phillips zej zog ntawm sab qab teb Minneapolis. Tam sim no nws nyob hauv Minneapolis nrog nws tus menyuam thiab lawv cov miv.
