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Past Projects
TEA LEAVES LAST 2025
Asians in Animation | Script Coordinator
Animated YA fantasy — a teenage girl seeks forgotten magic to save her family’s historic tea farm from a colonial superpower. Original animatic pilot from Asians in Animation's Pilot Pre-Production Program. Read more
WORK IT OUT WOMBATS 2023-Present
PBS Kids | Writer, 2 episodes, 2 music videos | 2022 GBH Scriptwriting Fellow
Animated preschool series emphasizing problem-solving and computational thinking.
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SESAME STREET
Writer, 2 music videos
Sesame Street characters sing about daily routines and other cultures.
(Via Sesame Street YouTube channel). Read more
GNOME BROS 2019
Sesame Studios | Composer, Lyricist
Digital preschool series — two gnome brothers take care of their garden and each other.
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Original Work
Mira and the Mystics
Original Pilot
11-year old Mira belongs to a very unusual family: a travelling performing troupe called “The Mystics” who traverse a land shrouded in strange mist. Seeking a calling outside of performing, Mira documents her family's adventures in a travel guide, hoping to share her experiences and insights about each of the places she visits. Guided by her ferocious curiosity and empathy, Mira explores strange new cities to record their histories, while grappling with tough questions about her reporting, her identity, and what it means to 'belong'. Through it all, her family always has her back - and new adventures lie just beyond the horizon.
Work It Out Wombats!
WGBH/PBS Kids | Writer, Lyricist
Debuting February 2023, this animated series for ages 3-6 follows three adorable wombat siblings as they learn to use computational thinking to express themselves and solve problems around their giant treehouse neighborhood. I was one of five writers selected for the 2022 GBH Kids Scriptwriting Fellowship.
When it comes to painting, or friendship - or life - we all see things a bit differently!
JunJun asks the Treeborhood about their favorite springtime sounds— in song!
Songs: “What Do You See?”, “One Part At A Time” (interstitial songs in S1)
Episodes: “JunJun’s Brain Freeze” (S1E27); TBA S2 episode
Watch the Wombats!
Zadie teaches her calming Belly-Breathing (from "JunJun's Brain Freeze")
JunJun asks the Treeborhood: What’s your favorite sound of spring?
“What Do You See?” song
“One Part At A Time” song
Press:
PBS KIDS Announces New Series | pbs.org
Animated Series from GBH Kids and Pipeline Studios Will Help Kids Build Important Skills to Solve Problems… | cpb.org
A Common Sense Selection for families | commonsensemedia.org
Tea Leaves Last
Asians in Animation | Script Coordinator
TEA LEAVES LAST, a heartfelt adventure steeped in culture and magic, is an original animatic pilot from Asians in Animation's Pilot Pre-Production Program with a digital premiere May 21, 2025.
Determined to help her family’s historic tea farm, Mya leaves her homeland seeking the secrets of forgotten tea magic. After she discovers a colonizing force that threatens to destroy her heritage, Mya’s pursuit of magic and allies becomes more imperative than ever.
Trailer | Opening Titles | Full Animatic
Crew List | Behind the Scenes (Production Blog) |
About the Pilot Pre-Production Program (4P):
Taking place from Sept 2024-May 2025, the 4P program was an immersive animation industry simulation culminating in the creation of a professional-level pilot animatic with a full production crew and cast.
Asians in Animation (AIA) is a global 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and creative platform dedicated to elevating Asian stories and storytellers in the animation industry. Headquartered in Los Angeles with a network of over 6,000 members across 90+ countries, AIA is largest incubator of Asian talent in animation.
https://www.asiansinanimation.org/
Artists: Xena Seo & April Rawipa Phillips
Sesame Street
Writer / Lyricist
Happy Diwali! Elmo, Cookie Monster, Rosita, and their friends celebrate the Festival of Lights together for five days and nights with food, art, and fireworks!
Elmo and his dad sing about Elmo’s nightly bathtime routine. Playtime doesn’t have to end while you’re getting clean!
Gnome Bros
Sesame Studios | Composer, Lyricist
The Gnome Bros (and Bea the Bee!) sing about all the fun things they can do together, and appreciate how lucky they are to have grown up with each other.
You may be big, I may be small
But we stick together through it all….