Before I became forest fairy / nomad hippie I was just your average extremely sad Asian girl from the Bay Area (CA).

I worked as fashion designer for my own brand and worked as a fashion design assistant for a designer in the bay. I never finished my general ed classes so I never got my degree, but I have certificates. I also worked multiple design jobs as well as retail jobs for years.

I started modeling when I was 14 and spent most of my youth as a “promoter” as we used to call it back in the day, on Instagram. I hate the term “influencer” and it does not resonate with what I see that as. I promoted and modeled brands, and shared my honest thoughts on products (if I didn’t like it, I would not promote it. However, “influencers” these days do not care about lying, and will promote anything for money. It’s so fake.) I don’t know how my following grew, because I never really cared about the numbers after I had enough (1k) to promote a brand I liked back then. I guess as time went on, it continued to grow as I continued to model for fun.

I always actively worked on improving my life and instilling better habits. I’ve always been into crystals, meditation, and yoga. I learned about crystals at age 10 and started meditating by 12 and yoga by 14. It became more consistent in high school, but also hard to keep up. It seemed like depression always won. I’d fall back into bad habits and unhealthy coping mechanisms until I finally got tired of my own shit.