Vida Chu grew up in Hong Kong, came to America for college, and stayed. She has lived in Princeton for 58 years. She has poems published in US 1 Newspaper, Kelsey Review, The Literary Review, US 1 Worksheet, and The Princeton Magazine. Her books of poetry are “The Fragrant Harbor” and “The Thirteenth Lake.” She worked in the Brain Bio Center in Skillman for 18 years. After retirement she swims daily at the Princeton YMCA.

