she/they

is a writer and editor from queens, currently based in the hudson valley (ancestral lands of the Esopus peoples of Lenapehoking).

they are the current and founding editor of The Amp at Asian American Arts Alliance, as well as the editor of Hyundai Artlab Editorial. her writing covers art, ecology, and asian diaspora. in particular, they are interested in cultural practices that decolonize and reimagine our relationship to nature. 

she is a co-founder of the experimental environmental journalism platform, Silica Mag.

in a previous life, they played in a band called Teen Body. they also cook food for people sometimes. 

work status:
closed for freelance assignments


︎ cv
︎ shannyown@gmail.com
︎ shannonlee@aaartsalliance.org
︎ @shannpo
she/they


is a writer and editor in new york. they are the current and founding editor of The Amp at Asian American Arts Alliance, as well as the editor of Hyundai Artlab Editorial. her writing covers art, ecology, and asian diaspora. in particular, they are interested in cultural practices that reimagine our relationship to nature.

she is a co-founder of the experimental environmental journalism platform, Silica Mag and used to play in a band called Teen Body. they also cook sometimes.

work status: open for freelance assignments

︎ shannyown@gmail.com
︎ shannonlee@aaartsalliance.org
︎ @shannpo
i drove my band and my friends into the woods for this:


updated april 2023