resume/cv

EDUCATION

Columbia College Chicago — 2017 - 2021
BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Fiction.
4.00 DEPT GPA.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago — 2024 - present
MFA Candidate in Creative Writing.

AWARDS, HONORS, & EVENTS

  • Best Film and Best Directing for comedy short at the Missed Connections 48 Hr Film Festival, 2016

  • Excellence Award at the Student Writers’ Showcase, 2019

  • Nominated by CCC ECW faculty and awarded Mary Parson Donnellon Scholarship, 2020-21

  • Asked to participate in a panel on publishing for the ChiTeen Lit Fest, 2020

  • Dean’s List, 2018 - 2021

  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 2021

  • Live reading at Joe Meno’s book launch for “Book of Extraordinary Tragedies,” 2022 

  • Best of the Net Nominee, 2022

  • Guest Editor for Joe Meno’s Publishing Class at Columbia College Chicago, 2023-2024

WRITING & EDITING EXPERIENCE

Mulberry Literary Founder, Managing Editor, & Editor-in-Chief — 2019 - present

Hair Trigger Magazine Production Editor, Summer Issue Acquisition Editor, & Assistant Managing Editor — 2019 - 2020

Columbia Poetry Review Junior Acquisition Editor — 2018

Columbia Poetry Review Production Editor — 2019

Columbia Poetry Review Senior Acquisition Editor — 2019 - 2020

DANCE EXPERIENCE

Lucid Banter Project, Professional Dancer & Social Media Manager — 2017 - present

Elevate Dance LLC Teaching Artist — 2022 - present

Columbia Renegades En Pointe, Vice President & Founding Member — 2018 - 2021

Joel Hall Dancers and Center, Pre-Professional Dancer — 2013 - 2018

Indiana Ballet Theatre, Pre-Professional Dancer — 2009 - 2013

WORK EXPERIENCE

Creative Writing Instructor at Writer’s Block Ink — 2025 - present

Writing Center Tutor — 2025 - present

Teacher’s Assistant at School of the Art Institute — 2024 - present

Ocularists, LTD. Front Desk Receptionist — 2020 - 2024

LANGUAGES

  • English (Native Speaker)

  • Korean (Conversational / Fluent)


SKILLS

  • Creative & academic writing

  • Editing & copyediting

  • Developmental editing

  • Brainstorming

  • Character and plot building

  • Proofreading

  • Close reading

  • Research

  • Teaching

  • Collaboration

  • Organization

  • Social media