[1] She graduated from the University of California, Riverside's creative writing Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

[1] She is the author of Deceit and Other Possibilities (2020) and A River of Stars (2018) and the novel, Forbidden City (2022).

[1][2] Hua was a weekly columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 2016 to 2023.

[2] Hua has taught at Warren Wilson College's master of fine arts (MFA) program.

[1] She received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship award in 2020.