To contribute with compassion and deep attentiveness as a hospice volunteer, supporting individuals facing the end of life. Having personally experienced grief and healing, I hope to learn how to say goodbye with dignity in a world where we are constantly in the process of parting.
- Conducted behavioral experiments and collected biological samples from rats.
- Analyzed rat behavior to study affective states such as anhedonia.
- Wrote features on East Asian literature and local bookstore community engagement.
- Advocated for cultural inclusion through journalism.
- Literary analysis of Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings, exploring gender, language, and bodily autonomy to investigate the relationship between human body and human.
- Supported children with autism through companionship and activities.
- Gained insight into non-verbal emotional worlds and healing through presence.
Transcribed and coded interviews on tech design and psychological engagement with users.
- Built and maintained a student-run library of 384 books, promoting trust-based lending and community culture.
- Organized alumni donation events and created memory books celebrating school community bonds.
- Led book salons and writing events, raising ¥400 in donations. Awarded Second Prize for Youth Volunteer Service in Chaoyang District.
- Tutored teachers’ children in arts, science, and physical education.
- Recruited and trained 10 volunteers, structured subject departments, and created growth portfolios for children.