WAYF NYC

03/03/2026

Even when the progress feels slow, it’s all still learning and if you’re not learning you’re dead right? The words of a girl who knows how to get s**t done, so yeah whatever she says. 🤘🏽✨

02/24/2026

Watching Alysa Liu win gold didn’t just feel like a sports moment.

It felt like a timeline collapsing.

From Kristi Yamaguchi to Cassandra Wong, from Claudia Kishi to Lane Kim, from Margaret Cho to Nicole Bilderback —
these were the fragments of visibility many of us grew up with.

We weren’t always the main character.
But we were watching.
We were absorbing.
We were building ourselves from the pieces we were given.

As a Korean adoptee, those fragments mattered.

Asian joy matters because representation doesn’t just inspire — it repairs.

What was your first mirror?

02/01/2026

This is the last year of my 30s — and the 10-year mark since I lost my biggest believer: my dad.
A year before he got sick, I finally bet on myself and applied to FIT in my late 20s. I got in. I paid my way working in restaurants. I moved to Brooklyn. And I followed the path I’d been quietly dreaming about for years.
I studied and worked in all kinds of design: textile design, fashion, home goods, and costuming. I traveled. I worked with and worked with some of the most well known art of the 20th century. For a moment, it felt like my dreams were taking shape — until they weren’t.
In 2020, I was forced to go rogue.
I went back to restaurants, built a freelance niche, and created a small art brand as a passion project. That project became a lifeline — and eventually, a vision.
I dream of growing this into something bigger than myself:
a place where food and art share the same table, where artists and patrons connect, and where cultural diversity isn’t just celebrated — it’s experienced.
Third Culture Club is about creating a third space for those who live in between.
A place to belong.
Throwing my hat into Dare to Dream 2026 is my way of honoring the past — and choosing the future. With the right support, this dream can move beyond my slow growth plan with pop-ups and crowdfunding, and really get ready to open its doors. ✨🤘🏽

01/14/2026

So many of the one-off-original pieces have gone out into the world and have never been documented, I’d like to keep so many of them, but I will settle for posting photos of them here to keep them. 🙃

These are a couple favorites that were created this year.

Updated goods online now! ✨

01/07/2026

So where I’m really from: I am from the North Fork of Long Island, but I was born in Korea. No, not North Korea.

Being adopted, I was born at JFK international airport, where I fell a sleep in my dad’s arms for the first time. I knew I was home.

Identity is so many destinations of what you are born into, what you grow into, and all the pieces you collect on the way. I’m just out here trying to figure it out through food, art, and a pursuit of purpose.

Restocks live this Friday!

11/04/2025

is out spreading the good word. 🌱
People often think the question “Where are you from?” is just an American thing — but it’s so much bigger than that.
It’s a mirror of who we are, a quiet reflection of identity itself.
So what really defines being “from here”?
Is it where your roots were planted… or where you’re growing now? 🌍
For me, the answer is Third Culture — the in-between.
The space where worlds meet, where stories overlap, and where the rules of culture and identity get rewritten. ✨.

06/03/2025

01/03/2025

https://www.wayfnyc.com/shop/p/dumplings-art-print

We all find comfort in food. Pierogis, Bao, Empanadas, Samosas, Coxinhas, Tamales, Xiao Long Bao, Mandu, Ravioli – there is always at least one that feels like home.