Mission
To leverage the power of art and cross-cultural reflection on longevity to promote vitality and wellbeing for those who need it most.
Vision
A world that measures a long life by its capacity for joy, not just its length—where every person, including those confronting illness, is understood to deserve vitality and wellbeing, not just more time.
About
My Background in
Longevity
Over the summer of 2025, I completed internships at two wellness centers in Europe, both broadly dedicated to longevity and self-optimization. I worked with a large team to refine each center’s brand philosophy through research. The more time I spent at these centers, the more I began to notice a recurring pattern: in the Western world, wellbeing is often framed predominantly through a clinical lens. There is a strong focus on decline, prevention, and aging, but far less attention is paid to finding purpose, fulfillment, and happiness.
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That realization stayed with me and almost pushed me to think more critically about what is missing from mainstream conversations about longevity. I became interested in how different cultures understand the relationship between living longer and living well, a curiosity that eventually led me abroad once again. Over the summer of 2026, I interned at a wellness center in Southeast Asia, where I encountered a strikingly different cultural approach to aging and the pursuit of joy. Wellbeing was understood more holistically: emotional and spiritual health were deeply intertwined with physical health.
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These experiences cultivated my interest in how people across cultures and throughout history have pursued happiness while facing the realities of aging and longevity. My digital gallery approaches this question creatively, examining how art and material culture in the East and West have represented longevity over the past few centuries.