Current Role

Community Organizer and Planner

St. Paul, Minnesota

Research Interests

Asian American studies, critical disability studies, visual culture/cultural studies, queer/feminist theory, abolition, and environment, contemporary social movements

Education

Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

BA, American Studies                                                         

Publications

“Abolish r(ICE): (Dis)ability, Immigration, and Asian American Resistance,” Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 14. March 2024.

“A Note from the Art Collective of Tapestries,” Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities: Vol. 13: Iss. I, Article 14. March 2024. (co-authors Ikran J. Noor, Oli Palmera Tierney, Sofia Ahmad Cook)

Fellowships & Awards

SEA LGBTQIA+ Youth Fellow, Center for Asian Minnesota Youth and Paper Lantern Project (2025)

American Studies Award for Creative Social Responsibility, Macalester College (2024)

Graduate School Exploration (Gradx) Fellowship, Big Ten Academic Alliance  (2022-23)

Disability Services Champion Award, Macalester College (2022)

Select Professional Experience

Virtual Executive Assistant, Freelance (2021-2024)

Campus Center Student Supervisor, Center for Student Leadership & Engagement, Macalester College (2021-2024)

Summer Research Assistant, Mississippi River Open School for Kinship & Social Exchange, Sedric McClure, Civic Engagement Center; Aisling Quigley, Digital Liberal Arts; & Kirisitina Sailiata, American Studies, Macalester College (2023)

Preceptor, AMST 200: Critical Research Methods in American Studies, Kirisitina Sailiata (2023)

Select Leadership & Activities

Program Board Chair, Student Government Executive Board, Macalester College (2023-2024)

BIPOC Disability Identity Collective Facilitator, Macalester College (2021-2024)

Community Engagement Event Coordinator for Program Board, Macalester College (2021-2023)

MentorUp Upperclassman Mentor, Disability Services, Macalester College (2020-22)