I was born in Korea, then raised in suburban Philadelphia. Despite living the near-perfect All-American childhood, reading and writing helped me navigate the necessary balancing act of being Korean and American and the unspoken alienation experience of never feeling wholly Korean or American.

I attended the George Washington University, receiving a BA in International Politics, and later receiving my MFA in Creative Writing Fiction from Emerson College. My first novel, A Shred of Hope, was published in 2011.

My struggles with depression became the catalyst for a second career as a yoga instructor and yoga therapist. While the two disciplines of writing and yoga are discrete, I discovered how storytelling of the personal and universal provides a common portal to make sense of the challenges and joys of the human condition.

I currently live in New York City with my husband and son.