About Me
I’m a Chinese-American adoptee from Jiangsu Province. I grew up in the D.C. area in Maryland and am now based in Philadelphia, where I share an apartment with my cat, Toaster. I’m a creative nonfiction editor at Sundog Lit, and I organize with the Chinese Adoptee Collective. When I’m not writing, I enjoy cooking, crocheting, playing guitar, and painting calligraphy. Please use they/them/他.
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Philosophy, Communication Rhetoric, English Fiction Writing
Minor, Chinese
Thesis: “Triple nothings: racial identity formation in Chinese-American adoptees”
Committee: Dr. Lynn Clarke (chair), Dr. David Molina, Dr. Kimberly McKee, Dr. Frayda Cohen
Select Work Experience
Rarify | January 2025 - present
Prism Reports | November 2021 - August 2024
Pittsburgh City Paper | February 2021 - October 2021
Video Game Writer/Narrative Developer
Laboratory of Child Brain Development, University of Pittsburgh | July 2019 - February 2021
Select Honors
Best American Essays nominee, 2024
Periplus Fellow, 2023
Pushcart Prize nonfiction nominee, 2023
Institute for Nonprofit News, Journalism Collaboration of the Year, 2023
Golden Quill Award Excellence in Written Journalism, Business/Technology/Consumer - Division 3 first place, 2022
Best of the Net finalist, 2022
City Books Writer in residence, fall 2020
