Portfolio
Showcased below is a sample of my work from University of San Francisco and Davidson College. Enjoy a variety of pieces including my master's thesis, published archival work, newspaper features, and textual analysis papers.
Relationship-Based Care Before SEL Curriculum: Building Sustainable Wellness Together
Spring 2026: Action Research Project for M.A.T. in Urban Education Social Justice
This research paper challenges the current standardized Social Emotional Learning implemented at a K8 level in schools across AMerica. Instead of curricularized, scripted, computer-heavy lessons, through conversations with young people in Northern California, it presents an alternative ways of thinking about how we can "teach SEL" and actually relate to one another grounded in our mutual shared lived experiences in a humanizing way.
Comprensión del Proceso de Autoidentificación de los Chinos-Argentinos en Buenos Aires Understanding the Self-Identification Process of Chinese-Argentinians in Buenos Aires
Fall 2022: Internship Seminar SIT Study Abroad Final Reflection
This paper covers the research of self-identification of Chinese Argentinians living in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Through the perspective of an internship experience with the Cultural Association of Chinese Argentinians and five interviews with various members from the community of the city of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, this essay provides a glimpse of the complex process of one’s own identity creation here in Buenos Aires.
Kolla People of Argentina
Spring 2022: Colonialism & Digital Media YouTube Video
Who are the Kolla people of Argentina? How does this Indigenous group form their own ethnic identity in respect to the national white narrative constructed by the Argentinian government? How do the Kolla grapple with their fraught past filled with colonial ties? How does their relationship with the land shape the way they view themselves? How does the worldly visions of Catholicism and Indigenous religion intersect? How do the gendered experiences of Kolla women vary? How have the Kolla come to reclaim their power countering the Eurocentric viewpoints in Argentina? Watch this video to find out.
Silenced: The Stripped Identity of the Enslaved Chinese
Fall 2021: Enslaved of Latin America Online Portfolio
After reflecting upon the various topics we have covered in HIS361, The Enslaved of Latin America, I was drawn to the central theme of identity construction, specifically, within the enslaved Chinese. I am a transnational adoptee. My parents adopted me from Guangdong, a province in Southern China when I was 9 months old. While learning about the enslaved Chinese who primarily came from Southern China from the same province, I was deeply intrigued and wondered if my past ancestors or great-great-grandparents could have been subjected to enslavement during the Manilla Galleon period or the era of the Cuban Coolie Trade. Identity construction is something that I grapple with personally, as I’ve struggled to determine my own identity versus how others perceive me. Within this Final Portfolio, specifically within my creative element, I attempt to document the identity construction of these enslaved Chinese throughout the 16th century up until the 19th century.
In Her Words: Q&A with Alice Garner ‘24 | A reflection on identity, belonging, and getting vulnerable on social media.
Fall 2021: Davidsonian Article featured in the Perspectives Section
In a Davidsonian interview, Alice Garner reflects upon her experience as an Asian American at Davidson amidst the rise in anti-Asian hate. She also speaks about how she uses her platform on social media to amplify the voices of the BIPOC community.
Purgatorio en Aura: Encadenada Entre el Pasado y Futuro
Spring 2021: Spanish Humanities II Textual Analysis
Purgatory in "Aura": Chained Between Past and Future
A Lady in the Shadow: The Elusive Truth Masked in the Bourgeois Society
Fall 2020: Intro to Africana Studies Published Archival Paper