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. When I'm not writing, I enjoy cooking, crocheting, and practicing calligraphy. Please use they/them/他.
Education
University of Pittsburgh, graduated April 2019
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
Copy Editor | November 2021 - August 2024
Staff Writer | February 2021 - October 2021
Laboratory for Child Brain Development
Video Game Writer/Narrative Developer | July 2019 - February 20201
Content Coordinator | March 2020 - June 2020
Select Honors
Periplus Fellow 2023 | Mentored by Nicole Chung
Institute for Nonprofit News, Journalism Collaboration of the Year, 2023 | “H-2A Visa Worker Exploitation,” Prism, Futuro Investigates, Latino USA
Golden Quill Award Excellence in Written Journalism, Business/Technology/Consumer - Division 3 first place 2022 | “State Lawmakers Join Pittsburgh Restaurant Owners in Revolt Against Food Delivery Apps,” published in Pittsburgh City Paper
Pittsburgh Black Media Federation News feature second place 2022 | “How newsrooms, police departments, and social media fail missing people of color,” published in Pittsburgh City Paper
Best of the Net 2022 finalist | “Names | 姓名,” published in Chestnut Review’s winter 2021 edition
Writer in residence, City Books | July 2020-November 2020