About Me
Writing is teaching me how to listen, and I'm trying to find the pulse of my work, the heartbeat breathing life into me. In my academic and creative work, I tend to find it in exploring the formation of identity, shifting boundaries, and relationships with home.
See more about my current and past work below.
Current Work
Laboratory for Child Brain Development
Video Game Writer/Narrative Developer | July 2019 - present
Barista | June 2019-present
Past Work
Content Coordinator | March 2020 — June 2020
Editor in Chief | Dec. 2016 – April 2019
Assistant Editor | April 2016 – Dec. 2016
Non-Fiction Editor | Sept. 2015 – April 2016
Copy Chief | April 2018 – April 2019
Assistant Copy Chief | August 2017 – April 2018
Copy Editor | Jan. 2017 – April 2017
University of Pittsburgh, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Social Media Ambassador, @h2pkim | August 2018 – April 2019
Editorial Intern | June 2017 – August 2017
Editorial Intern | Jan. 2016 – April 2016
University of Pittsburgh, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Pathfinder (tour guide) | Sept. 2015 – August 2017
Editor in Chief | Aug. 2013 – May 2015
Contributing writer and artist | Aug. 2011 – May 2013
Production Editor | March 2014 – March 2015
Staff Writer | March 2014 – May 2015
Education
University of Pittsburgh, graduated April 2019
Bachelor of Philosophy, Communication Rhetoric, English Fiction Writing
Minor: Chinese
Honors
Writer in residence, City Books | July 2020-November 2020
Yuan Prize | April 2019
Curiosity Grant | April 2018
Brackenridge Research Fellowship | Fall 2017
John H. Tsui Memorial Scholarship | February 2017
University of Pittsburgh English Department Internship Grant | February 2017
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Nominee Scholarship | 2015
Dean’s List, University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, | Fall 2015-present
Publications
"Unnamed," short story forthcoming in Kweli Journal
"Watching a Bridge," essay forthcoming in McNeese Review
"Red Strings," essay published in The Offing
"Sitting in a café on a Monday morning," essay published in Jellyfish Review
"Triple nothings: racial identity formation in Chinese-American adoptees," BPhil thesis, defended April 2019
Teaching
Tutor (4th and 5th grade reading comprehension), Pittsburgh, Pa. | 2019-present
Teaching Assistant, "Literary Publishing," University of Pittsburgh (spring 2018), Pittsburgh, Pa. | 2018
Teaching Assistant, Invited Lecturer, "Argument," University of Pittsburgh (fall 2017), Pittsburgh, Pa. | 2017
Tutor (English as a Second Language, individual and group lessons), Shanghai, China | 2017
Tutor (grade school English reading and comprehension), Novastar Prep, Reston, Va. | 2016
Tutor (AP US Government), Potomac, Md. | 2014