About Me

I’m a writer and sometime artist focused on film, with experience in digital media production, marketing, Chinese translation, graphic design, and video editing.

Originally from Detroit, I’ve lived abroad in Hangzhou, Hong Kong, and Nanjing, and my work has appeared in the LA Review of Books’ China Channel, Bright Wall/Dark Room, China Hands, and Much Ado About Cinema.

My Letterboxd Top 4 are In the Mood for Love, Badlands, A Brighter Summer Day, and Lost in Translation.

  • Integral member of the planning and execution of Asia Society Southern California’s 2021 U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit, 2021 launch of the Asian Women Empowered initiative, and 2022 Annual Gala.

    U.S.-China Insights, inaugural digital media series for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations launched in 2019.

    Tufts University undergraduate honors thesis on the Chinese and French new waves of film completed in 2017.

  • Universal • IMAX • Hyde Park Entertainment • Asia Society Southern California • National Committee on U.S.-China Relations • Mignoni • China Hands Magazine • Winikur Productions • The Film Posse

    (See a full list of professional experiences at my LinkedIn)

  • Tufts University, B.A. in Chinese & International Literary and Visual Studies

    Hopkins Nanjing Center, Graduate Certificate in Chinese and American Studies