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Graduate Education Abroad: Health Communication & Inequalities Across Health Professions
This piece discusses the work I completed during a five-week service-learning fellowship investigate how health disparities and inequities affect ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, refugees, and rural populations in both Greece and the U.S.
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National Health Insurance Abroad: How A Toothache in Japan Inspired My Career Path
This piece discusses how a health emergency while abroad inspired me to research societal influences on health and well-being.
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Navigating the In-Between
Featured on the “Dear Adoptees” podcast to discuss my research how mainstream media narratives about adoption actually impact adoptees’ sense of identity and mental-health.
Honors & Awards
Health Communication and Health Inequalities Service-Learning Fellowship, Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information
Competitively selected and funded for travel to Greece for fieldwork.
Media and Communication Technology Ph.D. Fellowship, Chapman University, School of Communication
2020 Kugelman Award: World Languages and Culture, Chapman University, Wilkinson College
Awarded for top scholastic achievement in the Chinese Minor program.
Dean’s Scholarship, Chapman University
2016 Bea Kono Memorial Scholarship, Japanese American Citizens League: Berkeley Chapter
Awarded based on academic achievement, community involvement, school activities, work history, JACL involvement, written essays, and professional resume.