Ancestral homelands of Ramaytush and Gabrieleño Tongva and Gabrieleño Kizh (pronounced “Keesh”). Asian American. Cantonese Chinese. Gay. cis-Male (he/him). Biological Dad. Educator. Designer. First-Gen College Student. Leader. Practitioner Scholar. Currently Able-bodied. Millennial. US Citizen. Middle-class. Agnostic.

I currently work as a Construction Project Manager for Jacobs, a global architecture, engineering, and construction management firm and providing project + construction management services at Cedars-Sinai Health System. I currently hold the Construction Manager in-Training (CMIT) and LEED Green Associate credentials.

Prior to this role, I worked at UC San Francisco, Kitchell/City College of San Francisco, and other higher education/non-profits, including campus life and activities, residential life, multicultural affairs, admissions, and academic advising.

I received a BS in Landscape Architecture with an Entrepreneurship Minor from The Ohio State University and MEd in Postsecondary Education and Student Affairs from University Southern California. I am a PhD candidate in Higher Education Leadership at Colorado State University.

I co-authored a journal article on “Practices of resilience transgender students use in college” in February 2025, a book chapter titled "History of Asian American Fraternal Organizations" published in January 2020, and co-authored a book chapter titled "Resiliency in Upstate New York: Three Young Professionals of Color and Their Journeys To Support Each Other,” published in Fall 2019.

I currently serve as the Graduate Student Council Co-President at Colorado State University and on the Founders Board for BuildOUT California. I have served on the Board of Directors for the Northern California chapter of Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and on the Board of Directors for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). I served as the National Co-Chair for the NASPA Sustainability Knowledge Community. I also served as the Member at Large for the Governing Board of ACPA–College Student Educators International and the Vice Chair of the National Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Panhellenic Association (NAPA).

My professional/research interests include the intersection of architecture/design and higher education, specifically the study of spatial belonging and student success in campus design and construction.

I am a fan of cooking, design, education, fashion, fitness, nature, and travel.

(updated November 2025)