Photography
I photograph Jewish life in a way that feels lived, not staged.
I am a researcher and documentary photographer.I organize public programs and build tools people can use.
My work is shaped by multiracial Jewish life, my Indigenous Okinawan family story, and my LGBTQ experience.
I photograph Jewish life in a way that feels lived, not staged.
I organize public experiences that bring people into the story.
I build simple tools people can actually use.
Founder and organizer, Museum of Ours.
I turned my home and private collection in Erbil into a place people could visit. I built public programs around the same history.
The project ran tours and temporary exhibitions from 2019 to 2022.
Creator and exhibition lead
A photograph of my grandmother kissing a woman opened a public conversation. I turned that response into a portable exhibition.
The photograph received 2.6 million views and 31,000 upvotes in one Reddit post.
›PublishingWriter and photographer
I reported on the people and places of the region for Kurdistan24.
Released productCreator and developer
I built This Jewish Day. I released it through Apple’s App Store.
Recent events
Bay Area eventOrganizer and Photographer
I helped organize a Jewish Pride event in San Francisco. I photographed the event.