CV

Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design, M.F.A. Fashion Design, expected graduation in 2022
  • University of California, San Diego, B.S. Biochemistry/Chemistry, graduated in 2019

Awards

  • The 5th FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration Awards – Student Poetic Award Winner  |  Apr. 2022 
  • The 4th FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration Awards – Shortlisted  |  Oct. 2021
  • The 11th Rookie Awards – Product Design, Archived  |  Jun. 2021

Exhibitions

  • M.F.A. Solo Exhibition – Yóu: Wandering  |  Mar. 2021
  • UC San Diego’s Annual Undergraduate Art Show – Here and Now: Converging Histories  |  Jun. 2018

Press

Experience

Event Presenter – SCADstyle, Savannah, GA  |  Apr. 2022

  • Initiated SCADstyle, a three-day, power-stacked design summit
  • Presented on stage ELLE fashion features director and author Véronique Hyland

Teaching Intern – Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA  |  Jan. – Mar. 2022

  • Assisted Professor in teaching an undergraduate fashion illustration class
  • Instructed students to explore various drawing media and styles

Event Panelist – Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, CA  |  Dec. 2020

  • Guided”Academia Meets Industry” – Interdisciplinary Forum on Environmental Research
  • Analyzed in-depth on the topic of sustainable fashion

Intern – Yuxuange Fashion Studio, Beijing, China  |  Jun. – Aug. 2019

  • Created draping and patterns based on customers’ requirements
  • Assisted in finalizing and ordering fabrics
  • Developed muslins and sample garments

Designer Assistant – LA Fashion Week, Los Angeles, CA  |  Mar. 2018

  • Assisted Betty Tran in organizing outfits, steaming couture, and making repairs to stretched dresses
  • Helped with dressing models and preparing jewelries

Volunteer – Society Fashion Week, Los Angeles, CA  |  Mar. 2018

  • Supported guests with checking-in and solving problems
  • Assisted designers and models in assigning outfits and dressing

Exhibition Curator – Risk Exhibition at Adam D. Kamil Gallery, San Diego, CA  |  Nov. 2017

  • Developed and finalized the exhibition proposal and poster
  • Assisted in installing artworks

Researcher – Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany  |  Jul. – Aug. 2017

  • Researched and synthesized self-healing polymers
  • Operated experiments with column chromatography, Rotovap, and NMR