My debut chapbook INHERITANCE won the 2020 Vella Contest and was published with Paper Nautilus Press this March. Purchase your copy here.
Publications
2021
Split | Madcap Review
Body as a second language | Inscape
2020
Rahul, when I ask him to throw away his broken office chair for the 50th time this week | Underblong
Things inherited from my mother* | Placeholder
One day when I become a museum* | Okay Donkey
In the summer, Chris and I go dancing in Taiwan | Kissing Dynamite
English as a second language, Type A personalities in a time of coronavirus, and Feet Feeling | Sock Drawer Lit
Elegy for Jane | Gingerbread House
Proposal for quantifying the entire spectrum of human emotion | Grey Sparrow
in the absence of sesame oil | The Scores
Mom’s makeup* | Dryland
Titles from my childhood | K’in
San Rafael with an unrequited love | The Chestnut Review
2017-2019
Shedding | STANFORD Magazine
Migration Story | RABBIT: Belonging Issue
2016
Revolution, Saturday Chinese School | Stanford Daily Magazine
how it ends | Leland Quarterly
I tried to sell your heart on etsy once | Off the Coast
Harbor | decomP Magazine
2015
The Will | The Best Teen Writing of 2015
leaving song | Leland Quarterly
2014
Four Poems | The Legendary
Maya Angelou | Radius
*Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Awards
2020
Vella Chapbook Prize, Winner, Paper Nautilus Press (2020)
Vallum Chapbook Award, Finalist, Vallum (2020)
Open Country Press Chapbook Contest, Finalist, Open Country Press (2020)
2019
Urmy/Hardy Poetry Prize, First Place, Stanford University (2019)
Undergraduate Performing/Fine Arts Award, Stanford Asian American Awards (2019)
2018
Undergraduate Poetry Competition- Runner Up, National Federation of State Poetry Societies (2018)
2017
Wiley Birkhofer Prize in Poetry, Stanford University (2017)
Poetry Out Loud Finalist, Stanford University (2017 & 2019)
2015
National Gold Medals in Poetry and Critical Essay, Scholastic Art and Writing (2015)
Anthology Nominations
2021
Best New Poets (Nominated)
2020
Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (Nominated)
2015
Best Teen Writing of 2015 (Selected)
Artist Features
2019
Featured Artist – 2019 Conversations in Identity
Featured Artist – 2019 Asian Images
Featured Artist – 2019 Stanford Arts Extravaganza
2018
Showcase Artist – 2018 APAture, Kearny Street
Featured Artist – 2018 Listen to the Silence Conference
2016
Featured Poet – 2016 Inclusive Lands, Peninsula DIY
Featured Artist – 2016 Listen to the Silence Conference
Fellowships and Grants
2020
Unlock Her Potential Mentorship Program, with Pagan Kennedy
2017
Levinthal Tutorial with Edgar Kunz, Stanford University
2016
Mash-up Art Grant, Stanford University
