I am the first woman in my family to pursue a Master’s degree.

Energized by data-informed decisions, hot sauce, yerba mate, and cats 🤓

🌍 Where have I lived/worked?

China · Japan · California · New York · Canada · Seattle

🎓 What’s my educational background?

M.S. in Human-Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington

(2022-2024)

B.S. Information Technology Syracuse University (2014-2017)

🤹🏻‍♀️ Things I do outside of work

I enjoy dancing, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, hiking, painting, and drawing

🏆 Achievements

• My team won 1st place at Revere XR Immersive Storytelling Hackathon in winter 2024!
• Planned career workshops and networking events for the Graduate Student Association and its industry partners.
• Hosted the 2023 HCDE Design for Passion for 40+ students and small businesses/non-profits (Love Masami, Uprooted Academy, Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center, Okapi Reusables, Diaper Stork, Rivet. etc.)
• In 2018, I was published in a research thesis “Identity Work as Deliberation: AAPI Political Discourse in the 2016 US Presidential Election.” ACM Conference of Human Factors in Computing Systems.