Diana Yu’s first work of nonfiction, Winds of Change: Korean Women in America, received a National Press Club award in two categories: Importance of Subject and High Quality of Writing. Diana’s first novel, Sylvia’s Garden, received a Five Star award by Online Book Reviewers.
Diana was a post-doctoral Fellow in East Asian Studies at Harvard. She earned a doctorate in Higher Education Administration and International Education from The George Washington University. After receiving an MA and BA from Arizona State University, Diana taught in public schools in Arizona and in North Carolina.
In Korea, she studied at the Ewha Women’s University after graduating from Ewha Girl’s Middle and High School.