hi, I'm Shirley 👋
I'm a Chinese-American woman, daughter of immigrants, and former Silicon Valley engineer.
✨ artist ✨
video by Ready Steady Cinema
photos by Tuan Huang
I realized that my community [in San Jose] was built in large part from the wreckage of America's brutal proxy wars against communism.Â
America massacred civilians in No Gun Ri and My Lai, it poisoned fields of crops and buried mines, it left behind machine guns in the wrong hands and let houses turn to rubble.Â
San Jose is America's consolation prize for those who lost Saigon and Seoul.
I also spoke to dozens of Asian children of immigrants—Asians of my generation[...]everyone always wanted me to know that their parents were good people. They came here with nothing; they overcame so much. They're just, you know. Stoic. Anxious. Quiet.
Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know, 2022
documentation by Tuan Huang & Bruce Arthur
motors to move the world.
water and wind to cool my rage.
simple visual forms to defy expectation.
technology to regain my power.
hi, I'm Shirley 👋
I'm a Chinese-American woman, proud daughter of immigrants,
software engineer, data visualization designer, creative director, solopreneur, ✨ artist ✨.
thank you so much
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dearest hubban Alex 💖
妈，爸，J
mom & dad
Olivia & Ryan
Best thesis advisors
Despina Papadopoulos
Alan Winslow
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Faculty mentors & advisors
(some whose office hours I booked incessantly)
Tanika Williams
Phil Caridi
Blair Simmons
Daniel Johnston
Tom Igoe
Yeseul Song
David Rios
Jeff Feddersen
Pedro Galvao Cesar de Oliveira
Shindy Johnson
Gabe Barcia-Colombo
Mia Rovegno
Chika Iijima
Noah Pivnick
Michael Zhou
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Dear friends & classmates
(A non-exhaustive list)
Amy Wibowo
Alice Lee
Clarisse Valera
Allison Wong
Janet Rho
Nadieh Bremer
Tammy Le
David Li
Nicole Aptekar
Caitlyn Ralph
Sarah Kay Miller
Maya Williams
Tuan Huang
Josephine Wang
Leia Chang
Sarah Elix
Shuang Cai
Alina Liu
Zoe Cohen
Suraj Barthy
Jinny Kang
Adnan Aga
Addison Worthington
Dave Stein
MK Stika
Stela Xhiku
Jess Shen
Manan-Jigar Gandhi
& my thesis class