More about me

Interests

I’m a lifelong learner who’s endlessly curious about the world. A few topics I dive deep into are:

• 🧠 Evolutionary psychology

  • I adore the work of Dr. Doug Lisle and Dr. Jen Howk, who translate evo-psych research into clinical practice through their Esteem Dynamics approach. Their Beat Your Genes podcast changed my life.

• 😌 Self-improvement

  • Some favorite productivity thinkers: Cal Newport, Greg McKeown

• 😷 Healthy longevity

  • Some favorite thinkers: Team Sherzai, Blue Zones

• 🌱 Whole-food plant-based lifestyle aka yes I’m vegan. I support your personal dietary choices too :)

• 🌴 Being in nature

  • I worked in community-based agriculture projects in Hawaii for half of 2018. The entire time, I lived in cabins and tents on off-grid farms and zero-waste communities. Taking a leave from college to do this was one of the most transformative experiences I’ve had.

Experiences

Some are on LinkedIn. Tidbits: I worked in research, engineering a scanning electron microscope, content strategy/UX writing in the tech industry, some counseling grad school

Not on LinkedIn: creative experiences which are listed more on my art website, the number of tennis balls I can juggle (barely 3)

Favorites

🎵 Music genre: Independent, alternative, anything happy!

🎼 Instrument: Practicing guitar now 🎸. Played and forgotten the piano and ukelele. Favorite instrument I’ve ever attempted to play is the harp

📗 Nonfiction book: How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne

📘 Fiction book: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

🎙 Podcast: Beat Your Genes

📍Dream destination: Already living there :)

🐅 Comic series: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

💬 Quote: “Half of life is lost in charming others. The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others. Leave this play. You have played enough” - unknown source, though the Internet seems to attribute it to Rumi