Writing & Reporting

Selected published work, reporting projects, and honors.

Selected Publications

Journalism & Nonfiction

Not Just a Place of Books: Evanston Public Library Debates Potential Split from Cityin The Daily Northwestern (Oct 2025)

“A Shift Going On”: Fulbright Scholars at NU and Abroad Discuss Impact, Program’s Future amid Political Uncertaintyin The Daily Northwestern (Jul 2025)

Evanston Photographer and Academic Junko Yokota Wanders Near and Farin The Daily Northwestern (Feb 2025)

Trouble in Paradisein nuAZN

H-1B or Bustin nuAZN (PDF)

Sense, Track, Understand: Northwestern Professor Karan Ahuja and the SPICE Labin North By Northwestern (Nov 2024)

Min Jin Leein Encyclopædia Britannica (Nov 2024)

White Terrorin Encyclopædia Britannica (Sept 2024)

A Just Look at Jennifer Lackeyin North By Northwestern (May 2024)

Indigenous Futures Research Symposiumin The Daily Northwestern (May 2024)

Kirstin Valdez Quade at NU Writers Festivalin The Daily Northwestern (May 2024)

Connections for the Homeless Milestone Celebrationin The Daily Northwestern (May 2024)

Raven Leilani Talks Writing Lust in Lusterin North By Northwestern (Mar 2024)

The Abstract Creatures of Syrian Sculptor Aboud Faresin Penang Monthly (May 2023)

Trina Teoh Drops Poetry Art on Unsuspecting Readersin Penang Monthly (Sept 2022)

Addressing Cultural Taboos and Alleviating Period Povertyin Penang Monthly (Mar 2022)

Indigenous Malaysian Filmmaker Nadira Ilanain Penang Monthly (Dec 2021) (PDF)

Malaysian Cinema: An Intricate Tale of Pride and Prejudicein Penang Monthly (Dec 2021) (PDF)

Poetry

Sweeterin Narrative Magazine (Forthcoming)

Notes on Beachgrasson The Slowdown (Oct 2025)

Clark Street Beach in Aprilin The Shore (Sept 2025)

Notes on Beachgrassin Muzzle Magazine (Apr 2025)

Living as My Motherin The Poetry Society (Mar 2025)

Hard Workin Sixth Finch (July 2024)

Dear Vincentin The Adroit Journal (Aug 2023)

I Have Abandoned My Old Hauntsin The Penn Review (Feb 2023)

Wastelandin Superstition Review (Dec 2022)

Aviaryin Passages North (Mar 2022)

Greeneryin The Offing (Mar 2022)

Dali & the Finer Points of Memoryin Waxwing (Oct 2021)

Fiction

Reflecting Poolin Cheap Pop Lit, reprinted in Best Small Fictions (Sept 2021)

Aperturein Sine Theta Magazine (Aug 2021)

Butterfly Kingdomin Counterclock Journal (June 2021)

Vestigial Structuresin The Interlochen Review (May 2021)

Selected Honors

Longlist, Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize (2025)
Narrative Magazine 17th Annual Poetry Contest, (2025)
Outstanding Junior in Literature, Northwestern University Department of English (2025)
Commended Poet, The Poetry Society of the UK's National Poetry Competition (2024)
William Faricy Poetry Award, Northwestern University Department of English (2024)
Helen G. Scott Prize for Best First-Year Paper, Northwestern University Department of English (2023)
William Faricy Poetry Award, Northwestern University Department of English (2023)
Semifinalist, Gregory Djanikian Scholars (2023)
Semifinalist, The Adroit Prizes (2023)
Narrative Magazine “Tell Me a Story” High School Contest, judged by Jericho Brown (2022)
Finalist, Hippocrates Young Poets Prize for Poetry and Medicine (2022)
Finalist, Arthur Flowers Short Fiction Prize (2021)
Commended Poet, Foyle Young Poets (2021)
Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, Passages North (2021)
Winner in Prose, Counterclock Awards (2021)
Finalist in Fiction, Columbia College Chicago’s Young Authors Writing Competition (2021)
Honorable Mention, Princeton University Leonard L. Milberg Poetry Prize (2021)
Honorable Mention, The Kenyon Review’s Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize (2021)
Shortlist, Sine Theta Summer Writing Contest, judged by R.F. Kuang (2021)