She has a background in storytelling, digital strategy, media research, and advocacy. She is a co-leader of the New York City-based Asian American Feminist Collective, a grassroots gender justice organization that has been featured in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, NPR, Vice and Ladygunn. She also works as an independent public historian in partnership with organizations like the LGBT Center of New York City, Green-Wood Cemetery, and the Museum of the City of New York.

Salonee is the co-founder and co-editor of Digestivo, a newsletter about food, community, and gathering. It has been featured among goop’s “favorite subscriptions” and Alicia Kennedy’s “Best of F&B Newsletters.”

She holds a PhD in 20th Century U.S. History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Yale. Her dissertation project explores the political and cultural history of the first decade of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.