Banner Photo: Joined my fellow immigrant and children of immigrant artivists to rally in Albany for the Access to Representation Act, March 2024.

Hosting an Open Salon for all artists in the East Village on 4th Street!

Supporting the Access to Representation Act in Albany, NY, 2024.

Sharing with community members the many educational theatre programs at NYTW.

What I care deeply about...

My work as a activist-artist is to use theatre as a tool to galvanize community and create positive change in our cultural and legal spheres. There have been specific issues that I've centered in my artistic work: community, mental health, suicide awareness, self-harm prevention, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and representation, and BIPOC + AAPI representation in all arts and media. Here are some non-profits I've donated to, have an affinity to, or have collaborated with in community organizing.

NON-PROFITS & GRASS ROOT ORGS

Coalition of Churches United for Affordable Housing

I collaborated with this grassroots organization for the workshop production of my play Learning How to Read by Moonlight. With proceeds from the ticket sales and additional donations, we raised $2000 in the span of only 9 performances. What moves me most about their work is that the folks leading the organization are immigrants of all ages and statuses, and the money they raise directly goes to living necessities for immigrant families in need. The leaders themselves spend days going to community centers and homes to deliver goods.

Fourth Arts Block NYC

FABnyc is a team of artists and organizers working to preserve, strengthen, and grow the cultural vibrancy of the Lower East Side. As a representative of New York Theatre Workshop, I've collaborated with FABnyc to create Open Mic Block Parties, featuring local jazz artists and artists of all live performance from throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Rainbow Connection, The Arts Project of Cherry Grove

The Arts Project is the oldest and continuously run LGBTQ+ Arts Organization in the United States. Since 2021, I co-facilitate an intergenerational theatre program on Fire Island that brings together participants from different age groups to explore LGBTQ+ experiences across the decades. Through collaborative storytelling and theatre-making, participants engage in meaningful conversations about queer history, culminating in a devised public presentation at the end of the two-week program. Programs like this is under threat by anti-LGBTQ+ legislature, and it is one of the few places LGBTQ+ folx from different generations can be in conversation and collaboration.

The 52nd Street Project

The 52nd Street Project (The Project) is a non-profit arts education and mentoring organization dedicated to young people (ages 9 – 18) who live in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. By collaborating with professional theater artists who volunteer their time and talent, the Project can offer year-round programming that is free for the participants. I've had the privilege to volunteer twice since 2022. It's been amazing collaborating with young people to create original work and perform them.