I’m a Korean-American writer and filmmaker.
My stories explore characters who straddle seemingly disparate communities in the United States. They are informed by my experience of navigating between worlds, including first and later generation American dynamics, Asian and American identities, female identity in male-dominated environments, and technical and artistic personalities in Silicon Valley and Hollywood.
As one of the few female engineers at UC Berkeley, Pixar, and NASA—and as a first-generation immigrant—I’ve lived the challenges of being the “only one in the room.” These experiences have sharpened my perspective and deepened my commitment to telling stories that reflect underrepresented voices.
I believe filmmakers have a unique opportunity to provoke thought and engender empathy through storytelling. My goal is to continue telling stories that feature characters from underrepresented, minority communities whose experiences I share.
I earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon. After an internship at Pixar and five years as a computer scientist at NASA, I left Silicon Valley to pursue filmmaking full-time.
I’m a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA program and an alumna of the Black List Feature Lab, Norton Island Residency, Almanack Screenwriters October Colony, and the WGA Writers Access Support Staff Training Program.
I wrote and produced Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story, a fiction audio drama series starring Lisa Kudrow, and I’m one of the writers on the feature adaptation starring Linda Hamilton. I worked as a showrunner’s assistant on CBS’s Watson, and as a Gold House Producers Accelerator fellow, I shadowed Nina Yang Bongiovi on Lucky Lu (2025 Cannes Film Festival). Most recently, I served as an associate producer on the feature Bedford Park.