Suzanne Ma
Suzanne Ma

Author, journalist, and startup founder in Vancouver.

I spent the first part of my career reporting on Chinatowns and the Chinese immigrant experience. Since 2015 I've been building Routific, a route optimization company, with my husband Marc.

Company

Co-founder, Routific

Routific helps local delivery businesses plan smarter routes, so they save time and fuel and put less carbon into the air. Marc and I started it from scratch in 2015. Today I lead product marketing, and I still think building this company with our team is the best job I've had.

routific.com
Book
Cover of Meet Me in Venice by Suzanne Ma

Meet Me in Venice

A Chinese immigrant's journey from the Far East to the faraway West

Ye Pei grew up dreaming of Venice and of the mother who left China to work there. When she finally arrives in Italy, the life she finds is nothing like the one she imagined. I spent years in China and Europe following her path to understand why people choose migration, and what it costs them.

Suzanne Ma brings beautiful writing, compassion, and humor.
Leslie T. Chang, author of Factory Girls
Richly rewarding… opening wide a fascinating door into the world of Chinese emigration.
Howard W. French, former New York Times China correspondent
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Talk

Welcoming immigrants as newcomers

TEDxDelft

We all know what it feels like to be new somewhere. In this talk I ask us to bring that empathy to immigrants and refugees, who are simply people looking for a new home.

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Journalism

Reporter, then author

I've reported for four newspapers, three news agencies, and two broadcasters, and freelanced for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Salon. I studied at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship funded my reporting in China for the book.

Press for the book

Questions about journalism, writing a book, or building a company?