EDUCATION
Parsons The New School for Design
AAS: Communication Design / 2021
MA: Fashion Studies / 2017
Middlebury College
BA: Political Science & Japanese
Christie’s Education
Certificate: History of Jewellery Design
Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies (Stanford University)
Certificate: Advanced Japanese
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, Premiere
Illustration: Digital (Procreate)
Writing: News, Features, Interviews, Editing, Copy Editing, Creative
Language: English (Native), Japanese (Fluent / JLPT Level 1 Certified)
OTHER
I’m a graphic designer, writer and illustrator with a fondness for all things applied arts and an appreciation for the quietly beautiful, methodical approach.
Growing up as a third culture kid of Japanese and Chinese descent, I spent time in Tokyo, NYC, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. I am now based in Brooklyn and Singapore.
Parsons The New School for Design
AAS: Communication Design / 2021
MA: Fashion Studies / 2017
Middlebury College
BA: Political Science & Japanese
Christie’s Education
Certificate: History of Jewellery Design
Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies (Stanford University)
Certificate: Advanced Japanese
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, Premiere
Illustration: Digital (Procreate)
Writing: News, Features, Interviews, Editing, Copy Editing, Creative
Language: English (Native), Japanese (Fluent / JLPT Level 1 Certified)
OTHER
I’m a graphic designer, writer and illustrator with a fondness for all things applied arts and an appreciation for the quietly beautiful, methodical approach.
Growing up as a third culture kid of Japanese and Chinese descent, I spent time in Tokyo, NYC, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. I am now based in Brooklyn and Singapore.
EXPERIENCE
Sep 2022 - Present
Writer & Illustrator,
Wernick & Pratt
Jul 2022 - Present
Member, Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
2021 - Present
Editor & Designer,
Parts:Whole Anthology
May - July (2021 & 2022)
Studio Assistant,
Pat Cummings Illustration
Apr - Jun 2022
Junior Designer,
Mindful Design Collective
2016 - 2017, 2020 - 2021
Teaching Assistant,
The New School
Nov 2018
Freelance Dresser,
Museum of the Moving Image
Jun - Sep 2018
Contract Archivist,
Tory Burch
Feb 2018
Exhibition Assistant,
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
2015 - 2018
Freelance Writer,
The Straits Times
Jan 2012 - Jun 2015
Fashion Journalist,
The Straits Times
Additional
The Museum at FIT
Dore Studio
Ace & Jig
US Embassy Tokyo
Sep 2022 - Present
Writer & Illustrator,
Wernick & Pratt
Jul 2022 - Present
Member, Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
2021 - Present
Editor & Designer,
Parts:Whole Anthology
May - July (2021 & 2022)
Studio Assistant,
Pat Cummings Illustration
Apr - Jun 2022
Junior Designer,
Mindful Design Collective
2016 - 2017, 2020 - 2021
Teaching Assistant,
The New School
Nov 2018
Freelance Dresser,
Museum of the Moving Image
Jun - Sep 2018
Contract Archivist,
Tory Burch
Feb 2018
Exhibition Assistant,
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
2015 - 2018
Freelance Writer,
The Straits Times
Jan 2012 - Jun 2015
Fashion Journalist,
The Straits Times
Additional
The Museum at FIT
Dore Studio
Ace & Jig
US Embassy Tokyo