I love making images and telling stories.
As a professional designer for the last 8 years, I’m drawn to meaningful projects that marry research and design.
Designing for healthcare has been a great privilege.
I deeply value engaging with the ‘Big Questions’ of life and death, fear and hope, technology and ethics. In the face of complexities and clunkiness, I hope to make a difference with thoughtful and creative problem-solving.
Awards & Education
I started my career in Architecture because I believe that design makes the world a better place.
This has taught me to design at multiple scales, to love an iterative and rigorous design process, and to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively.
From mobile games to comics, from a travel fellowship to 3D physics simulations, I am drawn to work that is poetic yet practical, based on deep research and thoughtful design.
DesignSingapore Skillsfuture Study Award
Funding to pursue a Professional Diploma in User Experience (UX) Design
Second Prize, #sketchourplayground 2020
Illustration of Oasis Waterpark, a playground in Nee Soon East, Singapore
Honourable Mention, Proximity Island Competition
Of Water & Spirit: A New Life for Ravenna’s Oil Rigs, a proposal to convert unused oil rigs into a museum
Finalist, Reviving Mines: Shandong Park Competition
AHA! Augmented Heritage Adventure, a collaboration with Yichen Jia
First Prize, Outer Space Competition
The Monument to the Labors, my entry of 5 images and 1,400 words, was awarded the top prize among submissions from over 40 countries
Robert James Eliditz Travel Fellowship, Cornell University
The Art of Memory, a collaboration with Yichen Jia
Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal (Thesis Prize)
The Constructed Ruin, sited in the Italian hilltown of Civita di Bagnoregio
Cornell University, AAP College Banner Bearer (Academic Excellence)
Honoured as the banner bearer for the college of Architecture, Art and Planning at the 2018 Cornell University Commencement Ceremony
Best Student Digital Game, Boston Festival for Indie Games
Magic Moving Mansion Mania, a mobile game made in collaboration with 5 other students under the Game Development Initiative at Cornell (GDIAC)
Individual Grant, Cornell Council for the Arts
In All This House, a solo exhibition of 17 drawings, was awarded the maximum amount for individual funding under the CCA
Second Prize, York Prize, Cornell Department of Architecture
An annual design competition for second-year architecture students
Gertrude Spencer Portfolio Award, Cornell University
Best writing portfolio for a Freshman Writing Seminar, across the entire university
Dean’s List, Cornell AAP
Academic excellence for 8 semesters
Cornell University, Bachelor of Architecture
NAAB-accredited professional degree (M.Arch I equivalent)
UX Design Institute, Professional Diploma in UX Design
Grade: 99%
Interactivity with JavaScript
Coursera, University of Michigan