Storytelling
Every story has more than one side.
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Filmmaking
A Glimpse of Hope (2024): documentary depicting the struggles of a Ukrainian family who fled the Russia-Ukraine war
Global Premiere Selection, Planet Classroom Network (YouTube, 190K subscribers)
Best Youth Documentary Short (Summer 2024), Santa Barbara Indie Film Festival
Finalist, ICOM Student Film Festival
Semi-Finalist, Short+Sweet Film Festival Essex (UK)
Semi-Finalist, Cal Film Festival
Nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Speak Truth to Power Video Contest
When Her World Fell Apart (2025): short fiction film about a teenage girl whose world is upended when war erupts around her
Finalist, ICOM Student Film Festival
Semi-Finalist, Cal Film Festival
Official Selection, Critics Society Film Festival
Official Selection, Universe Multicultural Film Festival
Creative Writing/Research
My Short Story "Game 7" about a non-stereotypicial alien invasion was published in the Interlochen Review in May 2025.
More Cool Creative Fiction Pieces I've Written
"Virdia Mortem" - Centuries after civilization has collapsed, an archeologist finds a dead man's tape recorder in an Arctic cave
"Tell Egypt We're Sorry?" - An estranged father and daughter reconnect during a visit to a museum
"Climate and Humanity: An Anthology" - A collection of three poems I wrote about the environment while at Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s School for the Humanities
Published Research
Published Research
“Racial Scapegoating during the lead-up to the Chinese Exclusion Act.” Oxford Journal of Student Scholarship, 2026
Mentor: Dr. Allyson Hobbs, Stanford University
This paper explores how the media and civil society institutionalized the discrimination against Chinese immigrants in the lead-up to the Chinese Exclusion Act.
“Mixed-Use Development as a Tool for Climate Resilience and Social Equity.” Critical Debates in Humanities, Science and Global Justice, 2026.
Mentor: Marlana Salmon-Letelier, Ed.D., International Rescue Committee.
This paper evaluates mixed-use development as a conditional but promising approach to combat the social inequality exacerbated by our car-dependent society.
“Sports Therapy and Refugees in Conflict Settings.” Journal of Student Research: High School Edition, 2025.
Mentor: Marlana Salmon-Letelier, Ed.D., International Rescue Committee
This paper examines the use of sports therapy to support the mental and social well-being of refugees and people in conflict zones.
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