Media features
Kron 4 News, “Bay Area high schoolers win prestigious national writing award” (2021)
On Our Minds, “Meet the 2021 Gold Medal Portfolio Recipients: Esther Sun and Nathan Yang” (2021)
Carve Magazine, “Talking with Esther Sun” (2020)
Editorial
Arts Collective program director (June 2021 – Sept. 2021)
Editorial intern (Apr. 2021 – Sept. 2021)
Bitter Melon Magazine, poetry editor (Mar. 2020 – Jan. 2021)
The Wildcat Review, editor-in-chief (Aug. 2018 – June 2021)
Fellowships
Oxbelly Writers Retreat, poetry fellow (2023)
COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective, writing fellow (2020)
Workshops
Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, mentored by Rob Shapiro (2021)
Ellipsis Summer Poetry Studio, taught by Peter LaBerge (2020)
Iowa Young Writers Studio, taught by Ryan Tucker (2020)
Summer Writing Residency at the University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center, taught by Mary Hickman (2018)
Other
The Incandescent Review Art and Writing Contest, poetry judge (2021)