I live in the unceded territory of the Duwamish and Coast Salish in what is called Seattle, where my mixed Chinese and Japanese-Born-American consciousness has long resided. In choosing to live here, I center my praxis on the advancement of Educational Justice. As refugees, my ancestors immigrated to the US to work as merchants and farmers. My Japanese side was incarcerated at Minidoka Concentration Camp and my Chinese side was naturalized through US military service during WWII.

I am an architect and architecture and urban design teaching artist with a rich portfolio that includes urban design, project planning and fundraising, ADA planning for historic buildings/districts, the design of workplace and industrial manufacturing structures, tax credit funded housing, residential structures, art installations, places of worship, foreign fabrication and WA State L&I permitting, and the use of innovative construction methods.

I am also a University of Washington (UW) Architecture lecturer, a UW National Organization of Minority Architecture Students chapter adviser, a Creative Advantage architect approved to teach in Seattle Public Schools, an elected Seattle Chew Lun Benevolent Association secretary, a former Seattle Chinatown International Special Review District Board mayoral appointee and elected chairperson, a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks participant, a Japan Exchange & Teaching Program appointee, and a UW Robinson Center and UW Youth & Teen Programs instructor serving K12 students since 2012.

ppvolunteerchair@nomanw.org