Other Honors

GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

  • 2023 San Francisco Arts Commission Arts Impact Endowment – First Time Grantee Initiative Grant for Two Languages/One Community, San Francisco, CA
  • 2023 Residency at Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA
  • 2021-2022 Sankofa Fund for Cultural Preservation by The Alliance for California Traditional Arts and San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
  • 2019 – 2020 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant, San Francisco, CA
  • 2018  Winter Residency at Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA
  • 2017   Zellerbach Foundation Grant with Oakland Asian Cultural  Center for “Two Languages, One Community” project, Oakland, CA
  • 2017   Poets & Writers Grant with Oakland Asian Cultural  Center for “Two Languages, One Community” project, Oakland, CA
  • 2013   San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant, San Francisco, CA
  • 2012   Honorary Fellowship, Healing of the War Writers’ Retreat led by Maxing Hong Kingston, Ala Kakui, Hana, Maui, Hi
  • 2010   Winter Residency at Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA

  • 2008    Research grant for Heavenly Fields, a film, from Center for Asian American Media, San Francisco, CA
  • 2008   Honorary Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA

FILM

  • 2012   T4TANGO  The Accolade Award, Award of Merit, credit for cinematography