who i am
I am a student at West Virginia University majoring in International Studies - East Asia and English,minoring in Chinese Studies and Native American Studies.
I am a photographer and a poet, in both the digital and the more traditional mediums.
I am a writer in the widest application of the term...aside from digital and conventional poetics, I maintain a personal blog and engage in a variety of academic writing. I have blogged and written professionally for several departments within my university, in addition to work engaged on a freelance basis.
I am currently working with digital essays, conventional poetry, blogging and other such pieces.
I am a student of languages, having studied Japanese in Hamamatsu, Japan and Mandarin Chinese in Suzhou, PRC.
I am an Advanced ESL Conversation instructor for a local branch of the national non-profit Literacy Volunteers,
for which I serve on their Board of Directors as Secretary and as Tutor Development Committee Chair.
I am active in WVU's Organization for Native American Interests (ONAI), as President and as Lead Singer with the ONAI Singers, a mixed style student teaching drum.
I am a blogger; I submit a wide range of pieces (opinion/travel/photography/recipes/reviews) on a freelance basis, on my own blog and for several WVU blogs.
I am interested in many things and enjoy pursuing things that catch my imagination (with varying degrees of success).
what interests me
Photography
Poetry/Creative Writing/Digital Poetics
ESL
Native American Studies
中文 + 日本語
Contemporary artistic media like anime, graffiti art, blogging and graphic novels
Culinary arts
DIY journals, exhibitions and publishing
Tea culture + wine culture
Appalachia
Modern Paganism
Reimagining/Reinterpretations
Traveling
press
