caret2025Awarded scholarship to attend Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference.
Awarded scholarship to attend Kenyon Review Writers Workshop.
Awarded scholarship to attend New York Writers Workshop in Greece.
Graduated from NYU Creative Writing Program with an MFA in Creative Writing (thesis advised by Jeffrey Eugenides).

caret2024Served as Fiction Editor of Washington Square Review, curating stories for Issues 51 and 52.
Worked in content marketing as a Senior Editor for Toptal's engineering blog.

caret2023Longlisted for the A Public Space Writing Fellowship.
Taught undergraduate course "Introduction to Creative Writing" as adjunct professor in the English Department at NYU.
Served as Books Editor of Washington Square Review, curating content for Online Exclusives.
Awarded NYU GSAS Master's College Research Grant.
Awarded NYU Dean's Conference Fund.
Taught private piano lessons.
Edited college admissions essays as a freelancer.

caret2022Published debut short story in Catapult.
Story was a semi-finalist in the Sewanee Review fiction contest.
Awarded scholarship to attend NYU Creative Writing Program.
Attended Tin House Workshop.
Attended Sewanee Writers' Conference.
Left Microsoft.

caret2020Developed a talk about the Asian American experience and presented internationally to over 1,000 attendees, during the rise of anti-Asian sentiment.

caret2018Won BOOM (Bits on Our Minds) cutting-edge technology showcase with Bananagrams AI solver.
Attended Game Developers Conference (GDC) as an International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Scholar and Girls Make Games Scholar.
Started working at Microsoft on Xbox Game Pass subscription and apps.

caret2017Won Riot Games Hackathon with League of Legends immersive theater VR simulation.
Awarded International Women's Day Leadership Award.
Streamed gameplay on Twitch with over 2,200 followers and 100 concurrent viewers.