Current Work
Pittsburgh City Paper
Staff Writer | February 2021- present
Barista | June 2019-present
Past Work
Laboratory for Child Brain Development
Video Game Writer/Narrative Developer | July 2019 - February 20201
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
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 Pittsburgh, PA. When I'm not writing, I enjoy cooking, crocheting, and practicing calligraphy. Please use she/they/她.
See more about my current and past work below.
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-Spring 2019
Publications
"Unnamed," short story forthcoming in Waxwing
"Names | 姓名," essay forthcoming in Chestnut Review
"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