Biography
My critical faculties
as an artist have been sharpened by the somewhat nomadic nature
of my life. Being familiar with more than one culture -- namely
Asian, Australasian, American and European cultures -- means that
no one culture can be taken at its face value. It also means that
there is something about all of them that strikes a chord deep
inside of you and you learn to recognize yourself afresh in its
resonance. I believe that there is a commonality in all human
culture and experiences in that they are all an expression of
our humanity
Awards and Commendations:
Cynosure Screenwriting Awards Quarterfinalist
2003
Winner of Screenplay as Literature Competition 2002
Hunter College of
City University of New York
One of the Valedictorians of the Class of 1999
Student Representative at the Alumni Association
Luncheon 1999
Estate of Helen Witmer Roth Scholarship 1999
Elise Underhill Eaton Award 1999
Sylvia Faulkner Award for fiction 1999
Paul LeClerc Library Research Paper Competition
1999
Special Art Grant from the Dean of Students 1999
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
& Colleges 1998-99
Presidential Scholarship 1998
Publication of the essay A Case for Olympia and
the painting Ash Olympia as the cover story for campus magazine
The Returning Woman Vol.15 No.2 1998
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
& Colleges 1997-98
Class of 1944 Award for the Best Paper written for
an Honors Colloquium 1997
René Taupin Scholarship 1997
Pi Delta Phi 1997
Golden Key National Honor Society 1996 (returned
to school as a part-time student)
Phi Beta Kappa: elected in the junior year 1988
Special Honors Curriculum Dean's List
Who's Who Among International Students in American
Universities & Colleges 1988-89
Exempt from Engl.120 mandatory for all freshmen,
on the basis of placement test essay 1986
Lauriston Girls'
School of Melbourne, Australia
Art/academic Scholarship 1981-1984
Senior School Art Award 1983
Intermediate School Maths Award 1982
The Highest Prize Winner of the entire school in
Australian Mathematics Competition for the Wales Awards 1982
Queensland Conservatorium
of Music, Brisbane, Australia
A Non-Course Scholarship for Piano 1979
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