[1] Larson grew up in a wealthy family, with six siblings and several servants, which was unusual for Chinese American households at the time.
[1][2] Additionally, Larson's household growing up included people of many different races including white women working as receptionists for her father's business, and Chinese and black folk assisting with meal preparations, child care, and household work.
[1] The same year she was recruited as a reporter for the Los Angeles Record, where she became the first Asian-American person to work as a journalist for an American daily newspaper.
[4] Her first story was on Chinese customs, and as a result of its success she was hired by the paper to work on civil and criminal court reporting.
She reported on high-profile cases such as the tax evasion trial of Al Capone in 1931, Albert Einstein's activism around peace and disarmament, and Madame Chang Kai-Shek's 1942 visit to America.