Doctoral Student, concentration in Creative Writing
Education
M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Pedagogy/Nonfiction from Miami University, 2021
- Thesis: You and Me, Always
B.A. in English, Creative Writing Concentration from The University of North Texas, 2018
- Minor: Japanese
- Certificates: Japanese Language Certificate, Technical Writing Certificate
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Experimental forms
- Memoir and personal essay
- Diaspora studies
- Asian American literature
Publications
“Closing the Distance.” The Essay Form(s) . Edited by Jill Talbot. Columbia University Press, 2024.
“From Muscle Memory: A Cà Ri Gà Recipe.” Hive Avenue Literary Journal . Issue 7. May 2023.
“ Grin and (Don’t) Bear It .” GASHER . Fall 2022 Issue. November 2022.
“ lunar .” The Citron Review . Spring 2022 Issue. 21 March 2022.
“ Hereditary .” Emerald City Literary Magazine . Issue 3. May 2021.
“Kenophobia.” Bat City Review . Issue 17. May 2021.
“ To the Miami University Payroll Lady .” Hippocampus . July 2020.
“Thanks for the Invalidation.” peculiar . Issue 7. November 2019.
Awards
Betty Jane Abrahams Memorial Poetry Prize Runner-up, May 2021
Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award in Creative Nonfiction, April 2020
Japan-America Society of Houston Shintech-Kanagawa Fund Scholarship: 1 st place in the 29 th Annual Texas State Japanese Speech Contest at Rice University, March 2018