Education

2030 — PhD in Environmental Science, Studies, and Policy. Graduate certificate in Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies. Committee: Ashley Cordes (chair), Sarah Wald, Stacy Alaimo. University of Oregon (Eugene, OR).

2023 — BA, American Studies, concentration in Vice and Violence, departmental honors. Minor
in creative writing. University of California (Berkeley, CA).

Scholarship

Research Experience

2026 — Research Assistant, Tierra Viva Collaborative (Co-PIs Moe Gámez, Dr. Gabriela E. Nuñez, Dr. David J. Vasquez, Dr. Sarah D. Wald, and Dr. Priscilla Solis Ybarra).

2026 — Research Assistant; Convergence to Accelerate Research on Biological Sequestration (Co-PIs Dr. Lucas Silva, Dr. Ashley Cordes, Dr. Lillian Aoki, Dr. Jake Searcy, and Dr. Brendan Bohannan). 

2023 — Research Assistant, The Radical History of San Francisco Chinatown: A Digital Tour. Future Histories Lab (PI Dr. Lok Siu).

Conference Activity

Nov. 2025 — “Taxidermic Kinship and the California Grizzly Bear.” Haunted Wests, Pacific Modern Language Association in collaboration with the Western Literature Association. 

May 2023 — “An American Happy Ending: Sex, Sickness, and Sin in the COVID-19 Pandemic.” American Studies Thesis Symposium, Berkeley, CA.

Aug. 2021 — “Fictional Violence, Real Brutality: The Police Procedural and Manufactured Consent.” Social Science Panel, Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, Berkeley, CA (remote). 

Workshop and Facilitation Activity

Jan. 2026 — Graduate Lunch with Dr. Kate Hubert (facilitator). University of Oregon English Department, Eugene, OR. 

June 2025 — “Collaged Possibilities of Environmental Narratives.” FEELed Lab Symposium, Naramata, BC. 

2023 – 2024 — CELESTE Asian American Sex Work Working Group. Theater, Dance, and
Performance Studies, UC Berkeley. 

Dec. 2023 — “Our Bodies, Our Narratives: Zine-Making and Possibilities for Asian American
Sex Workers.” CELESTE Working Group, Oakland, CA. 

July 2023 — “We Love Because HE Loved Us First,” Short Fiction Group, Tin House Summer
Workshop, Portland, OR.

Oct. 2022 — “Organizing Sex Workers: Strippers United and the Star Garden Strike” (moderator). American Studies 102: The Workplace, Berkeley, CA. 

Teaching

University of Oregon

Instructor of Record
WR121z: Composition I (Fall 2025)

Graduate Teaching Assistant
ENVS 203: Environmental Humanities (Spring 2025; Dr. Emily Eliza Scott)
ENVS 203: Environmental Humanities (Winter 2025; Dr. Ashley Cordes)
ENVS 203: Environmental Humanities (Fall 2024; Dr. Sarah Wald)

University of California, Berkeley

Course Reader
American Studies 101: The Teen Age (Spring 2024; Dr. Christine Palmer).
American Studies 101: America in the Age of James Baldwin (Fall 2023,
Fall 2022; Dr. Christine Palmer)
American Studies 110: Media and Culture 1945-1994 (Spring 2023,
Dr. Christine Palmer). 

Instructor of Record
Ethnic Studies 198: Philippine Society and Revolution (Fall 2022, Spring 2023).
American Studies 198: Deconstructing America: Mythology and Hidden History
(Spring 2020).  

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

2025 — Summer Research Fellowship ($2,000). UO Environmental Studies Program. 
2025 — Department of English Travel Award ($1,000). UO English Department.
2024 — Emerging Scholar. Center for Science Communication Research. 
2024 — Krohn Fellow for the Environmental Humanities ($1,500). UO English Department.
2024 — First Year Doctoral Fellowship ($2,000). UO Graduate School. 
2023 — Departmental Citation Winner (Valedictorian). American Studies Program, UC Berkeley.
2022 — American Studies Thesis Award ($400). American Studies Program, UC Berkeley. 
2021 — Adam Z. Rice Fellow for American Studies ($5,000). Adam Z. Rice Fund.
2017 — California Governor’s Medallion for Creative Writing.

Professional Service

2025 – 2026 — Graduate Student Representative for the Events Committee. Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon.

2025 – 2026 — Graduate Student Representative for the Diversity Committee. Department of English, University of Oregon.

2024 – 2025 — Graduate Student Representative for the Admissions Committee. Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon. 

2024 — Outreach Consultant. Natural History and Sustainability Program, Merritt College.

Community and Creative Experience

2024 – present — Substitute Teacher, Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School.
2024 — Substitute Teacher, Oakland Unified School District.
2024 — Educator, Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project.
2023 – 24 — Stewardship and Conservation Volunteer, East Bay Regional Parks District.
2023 — Short Fiction Writer, Tin House Summer Workshop.
2022 – 23 — Writing Director, Pilipinx Cultural Night.
2022 — Organizing Intern for SEIU-USWW and Teamsters 2010, UC Berkeley Labor Summer Program.
2021 — Caseworker, Suitcase Clinic.