Ode to July 4th
A poem about the sights and feels of July 4th; the hot dogs, the fireworks, the people...all things about July 4th that captivate us the most, things that we hold close to our hearts. Written in 6th grade.
Award: Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2025, Honorable Mention (Poetry)
Link: Ode to July 4th
Awards
Raton: The Rat with the Puffiest Paws in France (Fall 2024)
A fictional chapter book (54 pages) about a young rat Raton’s adventures in France where he discovers secrets and corruption in what the rats had worshipped. It is published and printed in December 2024 on Amazon. (ISBN: 9798339968405)
Role: Author and Book Cover Designer
Back description:
When Raton, a young rat residing in France, takes his puffy paws along to do his errands, he comes across and encounter that will change everything. Raton goes through an adventure full of surprise, complex discoveries, and betrayal. What will he do when he is made to question the very thing he trusts and believes in?
Link: Amazon.com
Major Writing/Publications
Cover Image of Raton, 2024
Lexophilia Literary Zine; “Echoes” (2024)
A public literary magazine published by John’s Hopkins CTY, created in the course ‘Master Class II: Writing and Publishing’ in early 2024.
Role: Writer and Poetry Committee
Links:
Collaborative poem (Featured page 5~6, stanza 9)
Complete contributions (Featured page 2, 5-6, 39)
Cover Image of Lexophilia, 2024
“Inkless” Literary Zine (2023)
A literary magazine created from the John’s Hopkins CTY course ‘Master Class I: Writing and Publishing’ in late 2023.
Role: Writer
Links:
Ronald the Sea Otter and the Foggy Mountain (Featured page 6): A short story about a sea otter finding itself in a strange, repeating situation.
Harold and the Heron (Featured page 7): A short story about a heron finding something new; 100 words.
Inkless Page 6 and 7, 2024
Additional Features
four hundred and eighty-five days
A 100-word “flash fiction” story, published on the Write the World website in August, 2024.
Link: pdf
The Passing Train
An essay about a personal story, published on the Write the World website in June, 2024.
Link: pdf
The Flower that Stopped a Fairy’s Wings
A short story of a fairytale/myth, published on the Write the World website in March, 2024.
Link: pdf
Related Activities
Brown Pre-College ‘Race, Gender, Medicine and AI: Can Medicine be Tailored?’ (2025)
A summer camp I will be attending soon, with the course 'Race, Gender, Medicine and AI: Can Medicine be Tailored?’ in the summer of 2025. In the course, I will be able to explore topics such as gender, AI, technology, etc. while discussing with others about the line between morals and science. I am so excited to attend this course, where I will be able to have productive conversations in a supportive environment.
Duke Pre-College ‘Mock Trials’ (2024)
Duke Pre-College (middle school) was a boarding summer camp where the class ‘Mock Trials’ was taken. We learned about the legal rules and procedures in law, and worked on court simulations throughout the two weeks of the camp.
Johns Hopkins CTY ‘Master Class I and II: Writing and Publishing’ (2023~2024)
In the John’s Hopkins CTY course ‘Master Class: Writing and Publishing’, we learned different writing techniques and styles while also developing editing and revising strengths. Students discussed with each other and critiqued each others’ work, suggesting different ideas and improvements. We strengthened our skills and even shaped literary magazines, Inkless and Lexophilia.
Links:
Johns Hopkins CTY ‘Writing and Imagination’ (2023)
The Youth Session for the 2023 John’s Hopkins CTY Camp at Loyola Marymount University (LA) was where the CTY course ‘Writing and Imagination’ was held. We learned about different types of writing and practiced them, creating a final portfolio for us to keep. We were able to write about different topics in different styles, and get them critiqued on by experts.
Link: Evaluation report
Johns Hopkins CTY ‘Model United Nations’ (2023)
This digital ‘Model United Nations’ class in Johns Hopkins CTY Summer Camp had students pick a representative country and study it, and proceed to write a UN Resolution on an issue we had discovered, as well as discuss about it with our classmates. We then had to present it on the last class day, as a final simulation of the United Nations.
Link: Evaluation report
Bear Book Club (2021~2022)
Bear Book Club was a book club in which I was able to have book club meeting every week with students all around the world, and we could talk about the book that we were all collectively reading (two weeks per book). The main part of class, however, was based on debates about issues or conflicts in the books that reflected real life, expanding our knowledge about the world. In total, I read 32 books with this book club.
Writing Club (2021~2022)
The writing club I participated was hosted at my school, by an experienced writing teacher. Every week, the class would meet up after school to write an array of pieces, spending time to revise and edit each one. These pieces were always of different variety, ranging from just one sentence to an entire short story. We compiled these into a portfolio, which we presented from at the publishing party in front of our parents.
