My inspiration for this piece stemmed from a recording of my vocal harmonies that sounded eerily like a synth pad.

The ukulele connects me to my Hawaiian roots—small, but significant. In my family, this instrument is one of the last remnants of our dying Hawaiian culture, a reminder of where we come from.

A boy tries to bike away from a life-changing decision, but soon finds he’s unable to escape making it, tormented by memories of the past.

Paradox explores the complex and often contradictory emotions that girls face as they transition into womanhood in today’s world.

What do you mean when you say “I”?

In my piece, “Ephemeral Currents”, I sought to capture the delicate shift from childhood innocence to maturity of adulthood.

I have always had great interest in the intersection of art and math, two subjects that I love.

My artwork stems from a deep exploration of Chinese heritage, inspired by the ancient “Shanshui” style of paintings from the Tang Dynasty.

I made ”You and I” for an English/Media Arts final project in my junior year.

“風雨飄搖” is a Chinese idiom meaning tossing and turning in the wind and rain.

Tintypes were most popular in the late 1800s.

Before I started writing this piece, I was faced with a period of time that was extremely stressful as I was piled on with work from school.

L’escalier du Diable, or the Devil’s Staircase, was composed by Gyorgy Ligeti in 1993 to challenge the modern pianist.

In this film, I use shopping at a grocery store as a metaphor for exploring the temporal fading of cultural identity in language.

The Grass Dance is believed to have originated as a warrior society dance among tribes in the Northern Plains.

I wrote this poem as a tribute to my grandfather.

At home, my mom always cooks every meal.

Umbral Cloak is an exploration of the tension we all can feel when in the presence of something awe inspiring and potentially sinister.

“Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you’re unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman.” —Margaret Atwood.

I took this photo at the top of hull mountain after a long 40 minute dirt bike ride.