I am currently a graduate student studying Design Media Arts at UCLA. I studied Film and Media Arts in my undergrad at University of Utah. My art practice is in video, 3D animation, poetry, and open-source software. I am a professional graphic designer, web designer, and 3D animator. But ultimately, I aim to be a storyteller! =)

I hope to expand my interests into the research of design and information systems to contemplate how infrastructures and platforms utilized by society (whether physical or digital) shape our cultural behaviors.

I am fluent in English. I am a native Cantonese and Vietnamese speaker. I can also speak Farsi (Persian) and read Japanese.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to spend more time traveling and meeting people. I'd like to create long-lasting memories.

Interests

I love making things, writing, reading, taking photographs, playing music, and singing. I'm of course very interested in traveling to new cities and meeting new people.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Boards of Canada, Portishead, Pink Floyd, Portico Quartet, Shlohmo, Andy Stott, Nicolas Jaar, Kayhan Kalhor, The Roots, Erykah Badu, James Blake, and Sigur Ros

Movies by Film Director:
Michael Haneke, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Christian Petzold, Andrei Tarkovsky, Abbas Kiarostami, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Chris Marker, Valeska Grisebach, Terry Gilliam

Books: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, How I Became a Nun by Cesar Aira

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hmm...I've had a music video premiere on adult swim! haha but maybe what I'm most proud of is learning the Vietnamese zither (dan tranh), a 17 stringed instrument.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Iran, Japan, United Kingdom, Viet Nam