Jen is a Korean American writer and mental health advocate with more than a decade in recovery from alcoholism and bulimia. She is currently at work on Disappearing Acts, a coming-of-age addiction memoir which examines how we return to our true selves after reality and illusion become one. She is a 2023 Periplus Fellow and has received support from Anaphora Arts, Fishtrap, Stove Works, and Regional Arts Culture Council. In 2021, she published Have You Received Previous Psychotherapy or Counseling? through zines + things and her essays can be found in The Rumpus, Memoir Magazine, Oregon Humanities, and elsewhere. When she’s not writing (which is often), en is cuddling her two dogs Yoshi and Tito, baking dairy-free milk bread, or leading camping trips through Wild Diversity.