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Select Engagements & Workshops
2025 Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Sightlines Exhibit, Across the Ages: Intergenerational Community Leadership, Panelist - Washington DC
2023 Planned Parenthood, Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity Featured Speaker - Washington, DC
2022 Westhampton College, University of Richmond. Connecting Women of Color Conference. Speaker - Richmond, VA
2021 DC Murals, Aerosoul: Murals for our Time, Panelist - Washington, D.C.
NAKASEC, Activating Creativity: Asian American Artists on Art & Community, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
SW Action x Current Movements x Advocates: Gentrification as Public Policy, Speaker and Co-organizer, Washington DC
2020 NAKASEC, Asian American Histories of the DMV, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
SAMASAMA x Sustainable Culture Lab, Diaspora People’s Month Artist Talk, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
2019 Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, Right to the City Artist Talk, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, The Past & Future of DC Chinatown, Panelist - Washington, D.C.
2018 Torpedo Factory Art Center New Art , New Voices Roundtable, Resident Artist Speaker - Alexandria, V.A.
1882 Foundation Talk Story: Southern Fried Asian, AAPI Storytelling & Arts, Panelist and Speaker - Washington, D.C.
NAKASEC Youth Program, Guest speaker and workshop facilitator - Annandale, V.A..
2017 Asian American LEAD Youth Summit, Facilitator - Washington D.C.
2017 Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership Washington Leadership Program: Advocacy in the Arts, Panelist & Speaker - Washington D.C.
2016 Asian American LEAD / NAKASEC Summer Youth Program, Street Art Workshop Facilitator - Washington D.C.
2020 NAKASEC, Asian American Histories of the DMV, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
SAMASAMA x Sustainable Culture Lab, Diaspora People’s Month Artist Talk, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
2019 Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, Right to the City Artist Talk, Speaker - Washington, D.C.
2018 Torpedo Factory Art Center New Art , New Voices Roundtable, Resident Artist Speaker - Alexandria, V.A.
1882 Foundation Talk Story: Southern Fried Asian, AAPI Storytelling & Arts, Panelist and Speaker - Washington, D.C.
NAKASEC Youth Program, Guest speaker and workshop facilitator - Annandale, V.A..
2017 Asian American LEAD Youth Summit, Facilitator - Washington D.C.
2017 Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership Washington Leadership Program: Advocacy in the Arts, Panelist & Speaker - Washington D.C.
2016 Asian American LEAD / NAKASEC Summer Youth Program, Street Art Workshop Facilitator - Washington D.C.