as a peer-recognized creative, i use my analytical, imaginative & organized brain to build community 💫
because you can have fun while working hard :)
Diasporadic
The Triangle’s first interdependent Asian American band.
During the winter of 2024, i had the unscratchable urge to start a five-piece band as my next creative venture. So i invited my friend, Minh, who became the guitarist, as well as my friend, Christina, who became the pianist, and designed a flyer to recruit a bassist and a drummer. Within 24 hours, the band became a reality with the addition of Aaren, the bassist, and Mina, the drummer.
The rest is history :)
bodies in motion : the poet in diaspora
via indigena collective @ artspace nc - raleigh, nc
4/13/25, 2-4pm
The first local poetry reading i was invited to read at. Alongside poets Luna Hou, Ash Chen, Boatemaa Agyeman-Mensah & Paddy Qiu, i delivered a 12-ish minute poetry reading about my unique lived experience as a person of many marginalized groups & got to hear some great poems by poets who resonate :) In any case, i loved being in conversation with them. And of course, i brought my mom with me 🌟
class of 2025 honors thesis reading in poetry
graham memorial hall @ unc-chapel hill
4/15/25, 5:30 - 7pm
Successfully defended my senior honors thesis by reading 15 minutes of original & translated poems, yapping about my life, crying, tearing up after hearing other talented poets (my friends) reading, and feeling shy from receiving thundering ovations from a no-seats-left-empty Graham Memorial Hall.
me! taken by my friend Lilly with
flowers from my friend Afton
my mom, who is not a public figure
my poetry parents,
Ross White & Gabrielle Calvocoressi