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 United States to work as merchants and farmers. My Japanese side was incarcerated at Minidoka Concentration Camp and my Chinese side was naturalized through United States military service during WWII.  
 
I am an architect and architecture and urban design teaching artist with a rich portfolio that includes urban design, planning for historic buildings and districts, workplace, commercial, institutional, and industrial structures, housing, residential, art installation, cultural space, foreign fabrication, L&I permitting, and the use of innovative construction methods. 
 
I am also a University of Washington (UW) Architecture Lecturer PT, a Creative Advantage architect approved to teach in Seattle Public Schools, a National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) chapter advisor, a NOMA Northwest Project Pipeline volunteer chair, an International Special Review District Board mayoral appointee and elected chair, an elected Seattle Chew Lun Benevolent Association secretary, a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks participant, a Japan Exchange and Teaching Program appointee, and a UW Robinson Center and UW Youth and Teen Programs teaching artist who has served ~60 to ~160 students in the United States per year every year since 2012, including over 500 students working abroad. 

treasurer@nomanw.org