• Winner: “Slow Clap” for Joyland’s
    Open Border Fiction Prize (2023)

  • Periplus Writing Fellow (2022)

  • FORGE Artist Fellow (2022)

  • IFP Screen Forward Lab Fellow (2017)

  • VONA Voices Fellow (2016)



I’m a creative entrepreneur, multi-disciplinary storyteller, and design thinker building systems for people to thrive.

From my work across the page, stage, and screen; to designing solutions for civic issues with and for the marginalized, I love creating for impact.

A trained design-thinker and facilitator, my Master’s Project “The LinkedThru Project” was featured in Wired.com as an innovative solution to the problem of stigma experienced by returning citizens. New frontiers call to me: I started an online community and writing class, Sandbox, for Asian diasporic writers; created campaigns; led design sprint projects for community organisations. I love a wicked problem, and leaning in with curiousity and empathy to build systemic solutions with an entrepreneurial streak.

Previously, I was a Segment Producer at Netflix’s Peabody-award-winning Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, pitching and producing episodes about groundbreaking issues from Chinese feminism to Indian cricket scandals. I started out at Ping Chong + Company, an experimental documentary theater company in New York City, capturing intimate stories from Alaskan migrants to Muslim youth in NYC.

I’m also a Pushcart Prize nominated writer, with essays and reportage in The Dial, AFAR Magazine, Atlas Obscura, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. My short story “Slow Clap” won Joyland Magazine’s 2023 Open Border Fiction Prize.

Born in Beijing, I’ve worked and lived in Virginia, Hong Kong, New York City, and Cambridge, Mass. You’ll find me happiest at the lamb skewer street stall, sitting on a flimsy plastic stool, chatting up the hawker.

recently

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recently 〰️

  • June 2023: Filmed an elderly neighbor introducing me to the secrets of my Taipei neighborhood

  • March 2023: Curated reading and facilitated dialogue on writing, craft, and Asian diasporic identity with Karissa Chen, Michelle Kuo, Daniel Yo-Ling at New Bloom/Daybreak in Taipei, Taiwan 📚

  • March 2023: Organised a 48 Hour Monologue Jam for emerging playwrights and actors in Taipei, Taiwan to showcase new works 🎭