Category: Career & Academic Highlights
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Off to Raleigh for National Mental Health Conference
The Grand Premiere of Silent War is Here! Headed off to North Carolina tomorrow for UCA WAVES’ conference, Roots & Resilience: The Power of Data & Stories to Advance AAPI Youth Mental Health. This event has been months in the making, and brings together talented, passionate people from across the country. There, we’ll also be…
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Silent War Enters the Film Festival Circuit
Wish Us Luck! For the past four years, I’ve served as the Assistant Director to award-winning filmmaker (and my former professor), Changfu Chang’s upcoming film, Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health. After years of production, we’ve finally entered the film festival circuit! Last month, we started strong, learning Silent War was selected for…
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Silent War Update
Some Candid Thoughts On the Film’s Journey & My Own Some Silent War film stills shot by Dr. Chang that I threw in #Lightroom. Like any project, this has grown and taken longer in ways we didn’t anticipate, but we truly are nearing the end now. Next weekend, I’ll be headed to Maryland to retape…
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Visiting My Alma Mater: On the Set of Silent War
January 16th, 2025 Was honored to be welcomed back to Avon Grove High School last Thursday as an alum! I think being featured on AGTV makes me officially canon in the Avon Grove Cinematic Universe (AGCU). I got to give a presentation about the evolution of my work, as well as share some words of…
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Official Paper Birds Posters!
Which Do YOU Prefer? In honor of releasing the first half of Paper Birds last week, I wanted to share the film’s two posters: the original (left) and an alternate (right) I whipped up this weekend. I put a poll on my Instagram and was surprised to find the two were neck and neck as…
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A Sneak Peek At STATS & Paper Birds
A Sneak Peek At STATS & Paper Birds Ah, first new photo in awhile! This image has been in my head for a few days now, and so I finally decided to bring it to life. This is gonna be straight stream of consciousness so I apologize for the lack of poise, but I wanted…
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Exciting Career Update: Obtained My TEFL Certification!
Officially Certified to Teach English as a Second Language Super excited to share that I’ve officially earned my 150-Hour TEFL Certification from the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)! This course is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET). The 150-Hour CIEE TEFL Certification prepares educators to teach English globally, with…
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Healing Fragmented Memories Through EMDR: An Interactive CEU
Healing Fragmentation: The Brain-Body Reconnect I’m honored to be co-presenting a continuing education session for mental health professionals focusing on the neurobiology of trauma and the healing potential of EMDR therapy. As I’ve shared in the past, when I was 19 (almost exactly four years ago now) I developed PTSD after a childhood trauma resurfaced…
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My photos featured on abc27 for EMS Week!
My photos featured on abc27 for EMS Week! Happy #EMSWeek! Lancaster EMS Education Coordinator, Bob, was welcomed on Good Day PA Monday morning where he did a live CPR demo. Was honored they featured some of my photos in their segment. Thanks @gooddaypaonabc27 for having us! 🙂
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My Photos On abc27 For Women’s History Month!
My Photos On abc27 For Women’s History Month! Happy Women’s History Month!! I pitched the idea of doing a story on women in EMS to a few agencies and was very grateful abc27 News picked it up 🙂 They even featured some of my photos from Past The Patch on the news! Also really cool that Lynn &…
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