Born 1995, Canada
Raised in Hong Kong
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2026 — MFA, Photo and Media. California Institute of the Arts
2020— MA, Latin American Studies. University of California, Los Angeles
2017 — BA, Communications. University of California, Los Angeles
Selected Exhibitions
2026— LA Road Concerts (Site-Specific Public Performance), York Boulevard, Highland Park CA
2026— CLUB 2561 (Solo; MFA Thesis) — D300 Gallery, California Insistute of the Arts, Valencia CA
2025— MFAs of LA (Group) - Goodmother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Article
2025— Abolish ICE Mercado (Group) - Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2025— Visions of Love (Solo) – Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2024— 14 Portraits (Group) – The REEF LA, Los Angeles, CA
Professional Affiliations
Artist Member. LA LGBTQ+ Arts and Culture Coalition Artist Member
Professional Roles in Cultural & Social Practice
2024-Present —Communications & Culture Manager, Housing Now! California
2020-2024 — Digital & Narrative Organizer, California Immigrant Policy Center
2020-2024 — Union Organizer & Narrative Lead, UAW Local 2865 & 2103
2018-2020 — Graduate Teaching Assistant, UCLA
Selected Awards & Fellowships
2026 — Artist Catalyst Grant to Develop Tenant Photobook ($10,000), Race Forward
2025— Alumni Councilmember, Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, CUNY
2025 — Bartman Fund ($1500)
2024— Davis Putter Scholarship ($15000), Jessie Lloyd O’Connor Scholar
2023— Arts for Liberation Training Certificate, Greenpeace
2023— URGENT Fellowship, National Partnership for New Americans,
2022— National Equity Atlas Fellow, PolicyLink & USC Equity Research Institute
2022— Emerging Leaders Fellow, Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, CUNY
2020— Organizing Mutual Aid Award, ($1500) UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy
2020 — Monica Salinas Research Fellowship ($5000), UCLA
2017— Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($4000), UCLA
Speaking Engagements
2026 — Housing Justice is Racial Justice Video Series, Race Forward.
2025 — Moderator. Los Angeles LGBT Center / Abolitionist Entertainment / Housing Now! California, “Close to Home” Screening & Panel Conversation with County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath
2025 — Speaker. Race Forward National Just Narratives Convening, “Arts and Cultural Organizing for Housing Justice”
2025 — Guest Lecturer. California Institute of Technology, “Thinking About Art and Immigration”
2023 — Speaker. UAW Region 6 Civil Rights Conference, “An Injury to One Is an Injury to All”
2023 — Speaker. National Immigrant Inclusion Conference, “Narrative & Messaging on Universal Representation”
2021 — Speaker. Open Borders Conference, “Abolitionist Alternatives to Legalization”
2021 — Speaker. Lausan Migrant Justice, “Hongkongers and Migrant Rights in Conversation”
Selected Publications
2025— LGBT Heritage Month Cultural Calendar and Cultural Guide, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
2020— Lives in Transit: Violence and Intimacy on the Migrant Journey. Latino Studies 18, 143–145.
2020— Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes. The AAG Review of Books 8:3, 138-139.
2019— On Site, In Sound: Performance Geographies in América Latina. Antipode.