I am a visual artist and social practitioner exploring belonging, resilience, and mental well being. I use community engagement and hyperlocal research to gather grassroots perspectives, which I interpret and amplify by making as hand-crafted objects, such as flags, banners, comics, zines, letterpress prints, graphite diagrams, portraits, and soft sculptures.

Upcoming

Spring/Summer 2026: I’m proud to continue supporting emerging refugee, immigrant, diasporic, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ artists as a mentor with ARTogether’s Mentorship Hub. Applications open now through March 15.

4/10-7/19: Looking for America @ Ogunquit Museum, Ogunquit, ME

Recent

12/11/2025-3/11/2026: Bay Windows: Illuminating Immigrant Women’s Perspectives, various locations in San Francisco Chinatown & Mission District. Learn more via the SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Sing Tao Daily, El Tecolote, Art is Awesome, and You Can’t Eat Art.

2025 Creative Power Award from the Walter & Elise Haas Foundation.

Through 3/14: A Sense of Belonging @ Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA.

2025 Creative Capital Awardee, Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grantee, A Blade of Grass Field Funds recipient, Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure Grantee and an Community Engagement Artists & Creatives Grantee.

Ongoing

Contributing artist, Color Factory, Houston and Chicago.

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