I've been freelancing since 2007, well before I graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from OCAD University in Toronto in 2015. That same year I landed my first full-time job at Kiwi Wearable Technology, a motion-tracking startup, where I ended up handling everything: branding, animation, video editing, UI/UX, front-end development, whatever needed doing. That became the pattern — I pick up whatever skill a good idea needs, because I'd rather learn something new than let a lack of knowledge get in the way of it.
From there I moved to HKCNEWS, where one of the interactive sites I built — documenting incidents during the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill protests — won a Human Rights Press Award. I've kept freelancing the whole time alongside full-time work; these days my main client is Vizop, which won Dragons' Chamber Taiwan 2024, a pitch competition for immigrant entrepreneurs held at the Meet Taipei Startup Festival.
The industry keeps moving, so I keep moving with it. Most recently that's meant picking up agentic AI workflows and finally letting go of Webflow. What hasn't changed: I'd still rather build something custom than reach for a template.
Outside of work: I'm building small games, writing stories, picking up woodworking, growing mushrooms, and slowly working through DIY improvements around my apartment. Same curiosity, different outlet.
