Education
Pusan National University: Korean Language and Culture.
Towson University: M.A. in Global Humanities.
American Institute of Indian Studies: Bengali/Bangla Language and Culture.
Fashion Institute of Technology: B.S. in International Trade & Marketing
AAS in Fashion Business Management. Minors in American Studies, English, Asian Studies, and Film and Media.
University of Iowa: coursework in South Asian literature and creative writing with the International Writing Program.
Ewha Womans University: Korean Language and Culture.
News
2024 Year in Review,” Towson University
“TU Grad Wins ‘Triple Crown’ of Language Grants, Scholarships,” Towson University
2022 Arthur Flowers Prize Runner-Up, Salt Hill
2022 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, Fashion Institute of Technology
Press Release, US State Department / Critical Language Scholarship
2019 Summer Institute, International Writing Program
Annual Report, International Writing Program
Select Interviews & Reviews
Interview, Canvas Revel
Interview, Bold Journey
Interview, Towson University
Interview, VoyageBaltimore
Interview/Reading, Sundress Blog
Review of Cartography of Trauma, Sundress Blog
Interview, Arte Realizatta
Interview + Feature, FIT’s Hue Magazine
Interview, publishYOUTH
Poem + Interview, Brooklyn Poets
Interview/TV Broadcast, WBAL-TV Baltimore
Select Honors
Recipient, Fulbright Open Research Award (India, Arts - Creative Writing | Poetry), 2024
Recipient, Boren Fellowship (Bangla, Journalism, India), 2024
Recipient, Critical Language Scholarship (Korean, Busan), 2024
Cultural Competency Grant, Towson University, 2023 + 2024
Best of the Net Nominee (via Atlas + Alice), 2023
Alternate, Critical Language Scholarship (Bangla, Kolkata), 2023
Runner-up, Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize (selected by Mona Awad), 2022
Best of the Net Nominee (via trampset), 2022
Best of the Net Nominee (via Dishsoap Quarterly), 2022
Recipient, Sara Lewis Faidley & Alice May Lewis Geyer Fund, 2022
Recipient, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, 2022
Pushcart Prize Nominee (via Dishsoap Quarterly), 2021
Pushcart Prize Nominee (via Dream Pop Press), 2021
Best of the Net Nominee (via Indigo Lit), 2021
Creative Writing Fellow, COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective, June 2021
Recipient, Critical Language Scholarship (Bangla, Kolkata), March 2021
Open Scholar for the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, February 2021
Best of the Net Nominee (via Sword and Kettle Press), 2020
Best of the Net Nominee (via cahoodaloodaling), 2019
Brooklyn Poets Fellowship, Fall 2019
Full scholarship to the International Writing Program’s Summer Institute (mentored by Anjali Sachdeva), June 2019
Best of the Net Nominee (via Likely Red Press), 2018
Recipient, National Security Language Initiative for Youth (Korean, Seoul) Scholarship, March 2018
Scholastic National Gold Medalist in Poetry, March 2018
Scholastic National Silver Medalist in Poetry, March 2018
Scholastic’s National Special Achievement: the Civic Expression Award in Poetry, March 2018