Connecting people through AI.
Hey! I’m Mia.
I believe technology can connect people in ways that words alone often can’t.
I was born in Korea and now live in Vancouver, after living on my own in Hawaii, the Philippines, India, and Halifax.
Those years apart from family made me familiar with what “disconnect” feels like
and the pandemic showed me how widely shared that experience is.
That’s why my work is driven by a hope: making technology a bridge for connection.
I dream of a future where no one has to face silence or distance alone.
Why is my name "Mia"?
Design philosophy building bridges across distance
In Spanish → Mía means mine. A word of belonging.
In Korean → 미아 means lost child, someone wandering without a place.
In American slang → “gone MIA” means missing in action, disappeared without a trace.
All of them circle back to one paradox: