other work

illustration

Illustrations for Code for America FormFest talk (2024)

digitally scanned ink drawings

I conceptualized and created illustrations to bring to life the experience of three key characters in a presentation by my coworkers at MO Studio. I consulted with the presenters about what story we were trying to tell about veterans and the staff who provide benefits to those veterans.

With the speakers' direction, I designed the characters Rita, James, and Namita to represent people who are impacted by poor service design at the Department of Veterans Affairs. My illustrations depict these characters' emotional experiences through the ups and downs of their journey.

View the full talk on the Code for America channel on YouTube.

Slide titled 'Three types of people impacted' shows hand-drawn illustrations of three personas representing a Tired Veteran, VA Benefits Claims Processor, and VA Product Leadership

Slide titled 'James - VA Benefits Claims Processor' shows illustrations of a Black man in an office chair frantically looking between two monitors with error messages

Slide titled 'Possible futures' shows illustrations of three personas representing the three personas happy with their improved service experience

digital design

Women in Tech 2019

Branding and logo design for a conference focused on the empowerment of women and non-binary people in the tech industry.

Shannon Lee campaign poster, with an Asian woman smiling against a yellow and purple graphic

Shannon Lee for Senate

Marketing materials, including logo and branding guide for Shannon Lee's winning 2019 presidential campaign for TCU Senate.

Jumbovote

Logo design for a nonpartisan organization that promotes access to voting resources on the Tufts campus.

installation

Treehugger (2021), B.F.A. Senior Thesis

performance, site-specific installation, & collaborative mail art project

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, I drew inspiration from daily reflective walks and a dead tree. Curious about my peers' relationships with their environment, I developed a collaborative multimedia project—involving recycled handmade paper and the mail—to explore how we each reflect on nature, community, and recovery.

I also made an interactive webpage as a follow up to this project—Check it out here!

Closeup of sheets of brown handmade paper, written and drawn on, attached to the surface of a bark-less tree

Gallery installation of Treehugger, consisting of a curtain made of journal entries on handmade paper, a photo display, and a video monitor

Closeup of the photo display within the Treehugger installation, showing process images from making and installing the paper on a dead tree

print media

Articulations: from the Back Bay Fens (2021)

14-page color zine

A collection of journal entries and photographs from various visits to the Back Bay Fens in Boston, MA, entries ranging from October 2020 to March 2021.

A printed zine titled 'Articulations' with an aqua and brown, duck-patterned cover, sitting on grass

Two hands hold 'Articulations' open to a spread with a high-contrast photo, a hand-written journal entry, and an ink drawing of a leaf pile

Year of the Rallying Ox: Protect our AAPI Neighbors! (2021)

single-page flyer

A call to action for U.S. citizens to actively support the Asian American, Asian, and Pacific Islander communities. Made in response to increasing anti-Asian hate crimes, due to heightened xenophobia and racism, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This flyer can be downloaded and printed for use anywhere and anytime; no need to credit the artist.

Field Guide: for the rewilding of plant classification (2021)

single-sheet black-and-white zine

An eight-page, single sheet mini-manifesto on how to re-think one’s relationship to nature. This pocket field guide can be a companion on any walks you take in your neighborhood or local park!

drawing

Middle (2020)

colored pencil on paper, 18" x 24"

Full view of the work titled Middle, of hand-drawn tree bark

Extreme closeup view of the work titled Middle

Untitled (Birch) (2020)

colored pencil on paper, 5.5" x 8.5"

Photo of the drawing titled Untitled (Birch), a self-portrait in squiggly earthy colored pencil lines, the neck looking like a birch tree trunk

Back Bay Fens (2020)

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24"

Full view of the work titled Back Bay Fens, an abstracted portrait-oriented painting of a view from the titular park

video

Sustain - an Internet of Things project (2022)

video

I co-scripted, co-directed, and edited this mock fundraising video for a food justice program which I designed with two classmates for the city of Pittsburgh.

It was fun to use public bus stops and office supplies to bring this concept to life. My favorite part to make was the paper vending machine, which I drew by hand.

View the full video on YouTube.

A hand posts a sticky note to a paper life-size drawing of a Sustain fridge. There are two sticky notes already posted that say 'Camera' and 'Scanner'

A young woman in a face mask and coat, holding a plastic card, approaches a life-size hand-drawn model of a Sustain fridge that is posted on the side of a Pittsburgh bus stop

Scarves, Squirrels, Bikes, Birds: The Life and Quarantimes of 2 Roomba (2020)

video

I shot and edited this mini documentary in my final year of college, the first year or so of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch how my housemates and I found solace in our different hobbies in a time of quarantining and social distancing.