As a therapist, I’m informed by my lived experience as colony-born Chinese American, an immigrant (during my teenage years, at that) and a womxn of color, and by my childhood experience of having an absent dad who eventually disappeared (think issues around relationships, attachment, and abandonment), and my own healing journey through all of these as a therapy client and through art and dance.

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Before landing here as a therapist, I weaved my way through many types of work and work settings—finance, graphic design, non-profit, and tech/corporate etc.. I understand firsthand the challenges of working in spaces that are high demand, high intensity and deadline-driven. It was through therapy (and other forms of healing modalities) and exploration of my intersectionality (thus gaining helpful language) that I was finally able to access more deeply what would bring me liberation and joy. 

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So much of this liberation and joy is my passion for being a therapist, a dancer, and an artist. They each highlight for me the importance of being present with and aware of the self, and of being able to access that which is truly authentic to us, unbound by narratives forced upon us by society and others, and undiscovered deep-seated and harmful patterns learned through life.

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I celebrate the strengths and center the needs of those who are marginalized by systems of power and privilege, and am drawn to working with BIPOC, AAPI folks, immigrants, descendants of immigrants, and those who identify as alternative, different, the other, weird, rebellious, and not part of mainstream, etc.. In addition to English, I speak conversational Cantonese.