About

Annie was born in Vancouver to immigrant parents from Shanghai, growing up in a home shaped by silence, loss, and cultural pressure. Never feeling safe in her own body, she turned to nature, food, and art to find refuge. These early instincts became the seeds of her healing.

After losing her mother and stepping into the role of caregiver for her brother, Annie became immersed in external achievement—presenting on global stages for BCFN Milan Protocol, studying at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and sharing her thesis on regenerative tourism with the Council of the Haida Nation. But it wasn’t until she slowed down, worked through grief, and began honoring her inner landscape that true healing began.

She found her way back to herself through movement, nourishment, and reciprocal relations. Today, Annie works as a regenerative Place-maker and Apple Global Volunteer Champion. She weaves land, food, and nervous system repair—co-creating spaces where people can come home to themselves and to the Earth.

She walks with deep gratitude for all the communities and ancestors who continue to shape her path.

Images shot in New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge Park, by Andrea Maher