I am a Korean-American writer, director, and artist with a lifelong background in visual design.

I previously built a successful career as a fashion designer in New York City, but I always felt a pull toward something more. Becoming a mother to my daughter expanded my emotional world and ultimately gave me the courage to challenge myself creatively, leading me to transition into the animation industry.

Deeply aware of the preciousness of time, I am passionate about using stop-motion as my filmmaking medium. While earning my MFA in Animation and Digital Design from USC in 2023, I wrote and directed five stop-motion animated shorts over the course of four years.

I am a recipient of the 2021 Project Involve LAIKA Animation Fellowship and the 2022 Fox Fellowship. My short film 7 LBS 8 OZ qualified for the Academy Awards in 2023.

In 2024, I was selected as one of ten directors for the Proof of Concept Accelerator, a program led by Dirty Films, USC Annenberg, and Netflix. With their support, I completed the documentary A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers, which had its world premiere at the 30th Busan International Film Festival. The film later won Best Animated Short at the AmDoc Festival in Palm Springs in 2026, qualifying it for the 99th Academy Awards in 2027.

My work has been distributed through The New Yorker Screening Room, HBO Max, and Samansa in Japan.