I am a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer loosely based in Toronto, Canada. If I am not shooting for editorial publications or international aid agencies, I am pursuing long-form photo essays. I am self-taught and I got my start by landing a few competitive photojournalism internships and acceptance into the 2012 Eddie Adams Workshop. It is this training outside of classroom walls that continues to shape who I am as a photographer and storyteller. As a daughter of immigrant parents to Canada, I am interested in stories about home and identity. From documenting the three-year displacement of a Canadian First Nations reserve to photographing young children addicted to tobacco in Indonesia, I am drawn to issues which affect vulnerable people and disenfranchised cultures.
Shocking documentary portraits which tell the story of how Indonesia’s lax regulations—combined with foreign tobacco companies’ insatiable greed—has led to skyrocketing rates of child smokers.
