I am a first-generation Asian American and a child of Japanese and Korean immigrants. Growing up in the Chicagoland area, I am a proud Midwesterner, calling the unceded lands of the Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen, Miami, and Oceti Šakówiη people my diaspora home.

Currently, I am a graduate student at the University of Minnesota in the School of Kinesiology (Sociology of Sport) and a Diversity of Views and Experience (DOVE) Fellow with the Graduate School Diversity Office. I earned a BS summa sum laude from Northeastern University in Sociology in 2023.

My research interests lie at the intersection of sport studies and Asian American studies, where I aim to explore the experiences, constructions of, and meaning-making around Asian diaspora athletes in mainstream, conventional institutions of sport. Rooted in my life context as a former elite athlete, I am interested in how historical legacies of sporting institutions impact the ways in which dynamics of power are navigated and negotiated by athletes with marginalized identities. In particular, I aim to tackle questions surrounding capitalism and surveillance, empire and White supremacy, and resistance and liberation within sport and physical culture.

I am also a dedicated synchronized skating coach, working with the Northernettes Synchronized Skating Teams in the Twin Cities as an assistant coach for the Juvenile team. I was previously an athlete with the Haydenettes, competing with the team for three seasons.