I am a graduate of U.C. Berkeley’s Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures (E.A.L.C.). I hold a degree in East Asian Humanities and a minor in Japanese Language & Culture.

I had the privilege of being the 2025 E.A.L.C. valedictorian graduation speaker and recipient of the Departmental Citation.

I am interested in the spaces—both internal and external—that evade the capture of language. I am fascinated by how the nuanced, mysterious, and liminal, in combination with the extreme, one-pointed, and radiant, can shock the individual and give rise to a sort of perfection in gnosis.

of inspiration:

Favorite Quotes:

“The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.”

- Katha Upanishad

“A special transmission outside the teachings,

Do not depend on written words,

Directly point to the human mind,

See one’s nature and become Buddha.”

- Attributed to Bodhidharma

Music:

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