Areas of Specialization
Spoken Word Poetry and Performance
Spoken Word Poetry Awards and Honors (Within Past 5 Years)
Aug 2016 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Nomination, Drop the Mic Spoken Word TV Show
Competition (in the category of “Entertainment Program—Special), Community College of Philadelphia
April 2016 President’s Award for Excellence in Student Success, Drop the Mic Spoken Word TV Show Competition, Community College of Philadelphia
Aug 2015 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Nomination, Drop the Mic Spoken Word TV Show
Competition (in the category of “Entertainment Program—Special), Community College of Philadelphia
Apr 2015 Communicator Award of Distinction, Drop the Mic Spoken Word TV Show Competition (in the category of News/Programs/Live Events), Community College of Philadelphia
Apr 2015 Bronze Telly Award, Drop the Mic Spoken Word TV Show Competition (in the category of News/Programs/Live Events), Community College of Philadelphia
Dec 2014 Transformation Award Recipient
Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Dec 2014 Honorable Mention, Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship
The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, MN
Mar 2011 Award Recipient, Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant
Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, March 2011
Professional Experience (Within the Past 5 Years)
2015-Present Facilitator and Creator, “Girls Make Better Ninjas (Or I Can’t be Angry, I’m Asian): An Exploratory Workshop on AAPI Feminism
First presented at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF), November, 2015. Ongoing monthly series at Temple University thru May 2016
Philadelphia, PA
2014-Present Co-Producer and Host, Drop the Mic Spoken Word TV Show
CCPTV, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2007-Present Faculty Advisor, Spoken Word Poetry Club
Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2009-2015 Outreach Coordinator, Co-Founder and Co-Host of the Family Style Open Mic Series, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
July 2011 Visiting Teaching Artist, Barrio Planta Project School, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Publications
“At CCP, Poets of a City’s Soul.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 May 2016: C5. Print.
“She Home-Bound” [Poem]. Apiary Magazine, Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2011: 7-10.
The SHE Book, Vol. 1, Self-Published: Lulu. March 2011
“Homeless Heart” [Poem]. Speaking Truths: The Poetics of Defining Human
Slavery. Berkeley, CA: Achiote Press, 2007.
Notable Performance Credits (Within the Past 2 Years)
July 2016 Artown Reno, Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV
Apr 2016 Chai House Performance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2016 Women’s Global Dialogue Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Haunting Voices Performance Event, Co-sponsored by Twelve Gates Art Gallery and The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Moonstone Poetry Series, Philadelphia, PA
July 2015 Spotlight Series, Sponsored by Spoken Views Reno, Sierra Arts Foundation and Holland Project, Reno, NV
Apr 2015 Speaker Series, Princeton Theological Seminary
Sept 2014 Philadelphia Asian Pacific American Youth Summit, Temple University
Apr 2014 Rethinking Activism Conference, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program
Education
2005 Ph.D. in English, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1996 M.A. in English, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1994 B.A. summa cum laude in English, Rowan College of New Jersey, Glassboro, NJ
References Available upon request
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