Events
Bay Cities 99s Aviation Outreach
Led aviation outreach events at Oakland Aviation Museum, Bay Area Airport Days, and Amelia Earhart Elementary, inspiring youth to explore careers in flight and aerospace.
2025 – present
School Visits and Book Festivals
Connected with teen readers during World Read Aloud Day, Women’s History Month, and the LA Times Festival of Books.
2023-present
Society of Young Inklings Book Contest
Mentored young writers through revisions for Inklings anthologies. Each edition pairs student stories and poems with mentor guidance letters, creating both a celebration of youth voices and a practical writing guide.
2016, 2021-present
Society of Young Inklings Conference
Taught the “Sound of Your Story” session, showing writers how to use music to establish pacing, set a tone, and elevate narrative voice.
2023-present
Girl Scouts Art Therapy
Facilitated creative art therapy workshops for Girl Scouts during the COVID-19 lockdown. Thanks to artists Candace Troy, Pete Collom, and Sarah Cray for support and inspiration.
2020-22
Girl Scouts Robotics Workshops
Led hands-on STEM workshops, challenging Girl Scouts to design and program a mobile robot while envisioning a future in technology.
2019
Su Viet Zither Ensemble Tour
Brought Nhã Nhạc—court music from 13th-century Hue—to Bay Area stages at the Palace of Legion of Honor, Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival, and Myanmar Benefit Concert.
2018-9
Music Bridge Tour
Toured with a Vietnamese American cultural organization from Hanoi to Hue, playing and teaching in the home of the đàn tranh.
2019
Girl Scouts Environmental Action
Guided an environmental action project that transformed cafeteria waste, moving uneaten food into the hands of hungry kids and food scraps into a garden composter.
2018
Lunar New Year Concert
Performed with the El Camino Youth Symphony Orchestra in an East meets West concert, combining Vietnamese traditional music with Spanish folk music.
2018
