Hi! My name’s Clifford Chi, and I’m a coming-of-age satire writer. My writing satirizes the social institutions that many of us grew up in — traditional culture, religion, high school sports, and Greek Life — but it also highlights the growth of the people who evolve beyond them.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, I was the token Asian kid. So I did whatever I could to fit in. Especially if it meant being part of a group. In high school, I was a baseball-obsessed jock who took pride in getting B’s in math class (my Dad is a math professor). In college, I was a fireball-guzzling frat boy. Then a Bible-thumping Christian. And then an overly ambitious tech bro (I went through a lot of phases in college).
Up until I was 22 years old, I spent my whole life hopping from tribe to tribe, rooting my entire identity in each group. Turns out, if you only ever try to find a tribe, you never find yourself. But if you can flip that script, you’ll develop into the person you’ve always wanted to become.
In June 2024, I graduated from UCLA's MFA Screenwriting Program, where I discovered my passion for scripted comedy and realized my past was a gold mine for writing satire that is just as heartfelt as it is biting.