Experience

UnLocal, Inc.

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Attorney

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Providing direct legal services primarily to asylum applicants, with a focus on queer immigrants of color. Providing general consultation, assistance with employment authorization forms and preparing clients for asylum hearings. Collaborating with local organizations to participate in and/or host legal clinics and expand UnLocal’s educational outreach.

• Equal Justice Works Legal Fellow

  • Nov 2020 - Aug 2022

  Providing direct legal services primarily to asylum applicants, with a focus on queer immigrants of color. Providing general consultation, assistance with employment authorization forms and preparing clients for asylum hearings. Collaborating with local organizations to participate in and/or host legal clinics and expand UnLocal’s educational outreach.



National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Equal Justice Works Legal Fellow

  • Sep 2020 - Nov 2020

  Directed policy advocacy efforts at NQAPIA, including sign-on letters, comments to pending legislation and regulations. Collaborated with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund for research and advocacy. Directed policy advocacy efforts at NQAPIA, including sign-on letters, comments to pending legislation and regulations. Collaborated with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund for research and advocacy.



Koburger Law

• Greater New York City Area

• Legal Intern

  • Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

  Performed trademark searches and filed trademark registrations for video game developer clients. Edited and reviewed contracts among video game developers and music engineers. Drafted memoranda identifying contractual and corporate legal issues associated with COVID-19, and recent case law in the video game industry pertaining to copyright and trademark. Performed trademark searches and filed trademark registrations for video game developer clients. Edited and reviewed contracts among video game developers and music engineers. Drafted memoranda identifying contractual and corporate legal issues associated with COVID-19, and recent case law in the video game industry pertaining to copyright and trademark.



Chosen Family Law Center

• Greater New York City Area

• Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Responsible for name changes, gender marker changes, and second parent adoptions for the LGBTQ+ community, which required drafting contract templates, pro bono retainer agreements, client intake forms, and court documents. Interviewed clients for intake and initial consultation. Attended consultation meetings and court hearings with clients of both the Chosen Family Law Center, Inc. and its affiliated boutique firm, Diana Adams Law & Mediation, PLLC. Responsible for name changes, gender marker changes, and second parent adoptions for the LGBTQ+ community, which required drafting contract templates, pro bono retainer agreements, client intake forms, and court documents. Interviewed clients for intake and initial consultation. Attended consultation meetings and court hearings with clients of both the Chosen Family Law Center, Inc. and its affiliated boutique firm, Diana Adams Law & Mediation, PLLC.



Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Interviewed clients of all artistic disciplines to ascertain pertinent information related to legal claims related to trademark registration, patents, copyright, licensing, and nonprofit compliance and formation. Drafted memoranda identifying legal issues at on-site consultations and legal clinics held in collaboration with partnering firms, which included reviewing contracts, trademark applications, risk of copyright infringement and copyright disputes. Managed client case files in preparation for referral to pro bono counsel. Show less



OATH

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Legal Intern

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Drafted research memoranda for the Trials Division examining the legal minimum thresholds of administrative summons, scope of the Freedom of Information Law, and the degree of leniency afforded to pro se litigants. Wrote appeals decisions at the Appeals Division, focusing on cases involving the Department of Sanitation and New York Police Department. Drafted research memoranda for the Trials Division examining the legal minimum thresholds of administrative summons, scope of the Freedom of Information Law, and the degree of leniency afforded to pro se litigants. Wrote appeals decisions at the Appeals Division, focusing on cases involving the Department of Sanitation and New York Police Department.



PSCORE (People for Successful COrean REunification)

• South Korea
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern (Illustrator/Research Assistant)

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

  Directly participated in a street campaign in Seoul to advocate for the human rights of North Korean refugees. Researched the not-for-profit incorporation process for establishing a branch of PSCORE in North Carolina. Directly participated in a street campaign in Seoul to advocate for the human rights of North Korean refugees. Researched the not-for-profit incorporation process for establishing a branch of PSCORE in North Carolina.



ACLU of Illinois

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archivist Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Selected to contribute to a digitalization project involving the organization of legal documents from 1970 to 2014. Gained exposure to court cases by sitting in on several on-going cases during the 8-week internship. Actively participated in weekly meetings focused on professional development and legal department knowledge. Selected to contribute to a digitalization project involving the organization of legal documents from 1970 to 2014. Gained exposure to court cases by sitting in on several on-going cases during the 8-week internship. Actively participated in weekly meetings focused on professional development and legal department knowledge.



Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Deputy Design Editor

  • Apr 2013 - May 2014

  Assistant Deputy Design Editor and Graphic Designer for The Daily Northwestern, a newspaper publication done by students of Northwestern University. Promoted from Design Editor to this position after consistent, thorough quality of editing. Managed 12 design editors at the Daily Northwestern, and trained incoming design editors with InDesign and page design procedure. Oversaw the design development of the Daily Northwestern issues.

• Design Editor

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Page Editor and Graphic Designer for The Daily Northwestern, a newspaper publication done by students of Northwestern University.



LAF

• Undergraduate Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Created and presented legal rights presentations on housing law and food stamps in low-income neighborhoods and community centers as a part of the Community Engagement Unit. Processed and managed the organization’s business contacts and legal documents. Created and presented legal rights presentations on housing law and food stamps in low-income neighborhoods and community centers as a part of the Community Engagement Unit. Processed and managed the organization’s business contacts and legal documents.