NUS Writing & Communication Hub is a friendly and welcoming space open to all members of the NUS community. We provide regular individual writing consultations and group workshops on rhetorical skills, revision strategies, and the conventions of style and structure appropriate to different modes of writing. As consultants, we are able to provide general feedback about the articulation of ideas, tone, audience awareness, argumentation, structure, grammar, clarity, and style, regardless of the discipline, at any stage of the writing process. While we retain a focus on curricular academic writing, we are also happy to support co-curricular and extra-curricular writing endeavours. We all share the same goal of helping students to come to a deeper understanding about their own writing processes.

Faculty & Staff

Tait Bergstrom
Director

Tait is the Director of the Writers’ Centre and an Assistant Professor in Humanities at Yale-NUS College. He received his A.B. in Chinese Language and Literature from Dartmouth College and did his doctoral work in language and literacy at the University of Washington. Before coming to Singapore, he taught English and rhetoric at the University of Washington where he was also the principal investigator for a research group designing educational writing software. His research involves interactional sociolinguistics, multlingual literacy, and multimodal communication, and has been published in such journals as Applied Linguistics, TESOL Journal, and Composition Forum. He has also worked in China for an educational materials publisher and created comics for a children’s English language newspaper. He still makes comics with his friends when he can make the time.

Farheen Asim
Senior Executive

Farheen is a Senior Executive at the Writers’ Centre, and a graduate of the Class of 2020 from Yale-NUS College majoring in Philosophy. As an executive, they offer writing consultations alongside managing the Centre’s various programs, including the Peer Tutoring program, Academic Workshops, and Thesis Bootcamps. Farheen also works with centre staff to conduct academic research in Writing Centre Practice, and coordinates annual conference trips with faculty and students. Outside the Centre, Farheen organises community visual arts events including life drawing sessions, zine making workshops, and more. They have previously worked on programmes with the National Gallery, Singapore Art Museum, and Grey Projects. You can find them climbing or taking aerial dance classes when they're not at the movies.

Samantha Yap
Executive

Prior to joining the Writers' Centre, Samantha worked in the intertwined capacities of a writer, curator, and arts administrator, in the visual arts field as well as in publishing with Epigram Books, where she oversaw content and author relations. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in English Literature and Art History from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. In her creative projects, she seeks to channel and foreground feminist perspectives. Her recent exhibitions include Ongoingness (2022), Gillman Barracks, and Time Passes (2020), National Gallery Singapore. At the Writers' Centre, she enjoys getting to know different writers and journeying with them to chart and get to better places with their writing. She will also be attending to the various programming and operational needs of the Centre, with a focus on managing creative writing programs. Outside of work, you can find her ruminating about art, movies, books, astrology, and finding her next spicy meal.

Carissa Foo
Writing Lecturer

Dr Carissa Foo is Senior Lecturer at NUS College. She is a literary critic and fiction writer. She received her Ph.D. from Durham University. Her main research interests include twentieth-century and contemporary women’s writing, spatial theories, queer studies, and phenomenological approaches to literature. She has published on modernist women’s writing, and is the author of two novels, and the recent short story collection, No Wonder, Women (Penguin SEA, 2022).

Ila Tyagi
Writing Lecturer

Dr. Tyagi is a Lecturer at NUS College and the NUS Libraries Writers' Centre. She has taught the courses "Global Narratives" at NUS College and "Literature and Humanities 1 and 2" at Yale-NUS College. Her electives are "Hollywood in the 1930s," "TV Sitcom," and "Korean Popular Culture." Dr. Tyagi received a BA in English Literature from Brown University in 2009, and an MA in American Studies from Columbia University in 2013. Upon completing her PhD in Film and Media Studies at Yale University in 2018, she arrived in Singapore for the first time, drawn to the way it combines her favourite aspects of the two countries she grew up in, India and Kuwait. Her experience as a writing advisor includes serving as a Writing Fellow for three years at Brown, and as a Writing Consultant for three years at Yale.

Lawrence Ypil
Writing Lecturer

Lawrence Lacambra Ypil is a Senior Lecturer at Yale-NUS College. He received an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Washington University in St. Louis on a Fulbright Scholarship. His work explores the role of material culture in the construction of cultural identity and draws from the intersection of text and image, poetry and the lyric essay. His latest book, The Experiment of the Tropics, was a finalist at the Lambda Awards, on the longlist for the Believer Book Awards and was the co-winner of the inaugural Gaudy Boy Book Prize. Recent work include Ventanilla: Duet, I. You know I was sentimental during the thought of the house and other collaborative projects exploring history, documentary poetics, and the visual arts. He teaches poetry and hybrid writing.

Tom Benner
Journalist

Tom is a veteran journalist with a love for writing and for helping to bring out the writer in others. He has worked as a writer, editor, communications specialist, college journalism instructor, and writing coach. He is currently working with academics to help them to write about their research for general audiences. He has had bylines in Al Jazeera English, the Christian Science Monitor and Nikkei Asia among other publications, worked as an editor for Forbes Asia, and contributed to several book projects. Tom is an elected board member of the Asian American Journalists Association’s Asia chapter and previously served on the board of the Singapore Press Club.

Graduate Writing Peer Tutors

Camille Arcinas
Graduate Programme: Medicine and Computational Biology/Bioinformatics (MD-PhD, Duke-NUS)

Bachelor's Degree: Life Sciences (BS with Honours, NUS)
Language: English
Peer Tutor Certifications: USP Writing Centre tutor (former), published studies in genomics

Camille is currently pursuing a dual clinical and research degree (MD-PhD) in medicine and computational immunology under Duke-NUS Medical School. An alumnus of NUS College/University Scholars Programme, she has 4 years' experience as a Writers’ Centre tutor and has worked with students from a wide range of disciplines across the humanities, social sciences and STEM. She focuses primarily on academic texts, including argumentative/expository essays, undergraduate/graduate module assignments, research proposals, thesis chapters, and research manuscripts for publication. Her priority is to help students achieve clarity of thought, flow and purpose in their writing. With that in mind, she plans each consult around the tutee's particular goals, be it defining an overarching thesis, restructuring an argument, or polishing forms of expression. Outside of medicine and science, she also has an interest in history, economics, literature and philosophy.

Ignacius Tay
Graduate Programme: Mechanobiology

Siti Umairah Bte Adnan
Graduate Programme: Japanese Studies

Bachelor's Degree: Japanese Studies (BA with Honours, NUS)
Language: English

Umairah is a current Masters student with the Department of Japanese Studies. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Japanese Studies from NUS in 2022. Her research fields include manga studies and art history, and is currently working on the representations of indigenous Ainu girls in manga. In 2023, she presented on the colonial continuities in the popular manga Golden Kamuy (2014-2022) at the International Comic Arts Forum conference in Vancouver. She also has experience working on social science papers in the field of social gerontology and active ageing in Japan as an undergraduate research assistant. As a student and tutor, she understands how writing in general can be an intimidating and confusing process. She hopes to make her sessions a pleasant and reassuring experience where tutees can work through their thoughts and ideas and express them with confidence.

Undergraduate Writing Peer Tutors

Agimaa Otgonbaatar
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Major: Life-Sciences
Languages: English, Mongolian, German

Agimaa is a Life Sciences major and a premed student passionate about the intersection between art and science. She has experience in writing research proposals, scientific papers and making posters. As a science major in a liberal arts college, it was initially intimidating to express herself and find her voice in writing for the humanities. However, the tutors she met at the Writers' Centre helped her find that confidence and now she strives to help students with similar concerns practice and improve their writing. She is an avid reader who loves reading fantasy, memoirs, and Russian literature. Find her at Shiner's Diner or in the lab cooking up something crazy and she is always down for some good conversations.

Arthur Fong
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Majors: PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) and Philosophy (second major)
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Arthur is a PPE major and Philosophy second major. An avid reader of philosophy and theology, he loves mulling over deep questions over drinks or coffee. Having experienced the pain of writer's block and the agony of being too much of a perfectionist, he wants to make writing less painful for others, regardless of the phase of the writing journey they are at. He is keen to work with anyone who wants to start brainstorming, concretise rough ideas into words, or express their written ideas more clearly. As one who has felt ashamed coming to the Writers' Centre without a complete draft, but has always come out feeling refreshed, Arthur hopes to make consults an accessible and safe space for anyone feeling lost in their writing journey.

Ashley Tan
Graduating Class of 2026, Yale-NUS College and NUS Law Double Degree

Intended Minor/Major: Literature
Languages: English, Mandarin (Conversational)

Ashley is a junior at Yale-NUS, a second-year law student, and a huge coffee lover. Unable to choose what she wanted to study, she decided to study more courses at university. She is excited to hear and learn about the experiences and majors of her peers through the tutoring sessions. Through peer mentoring, she hopes to help her peers convey their ideas clearly, letting their creativity fully shine through their work.

Aw Hang Bin
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Major: Computer Science
Languages: English, Mandarin

As someone who has always been captivated by the expressive power of writing, Hang Bin quickly found solace at the Writers’ Centre where he grew to understand the truth behind the saying, "Two heads are better than one". Armed with lessons from experienced mentors, he hopes to help foster a culture of support for those seeking to enhance their writing skills, conquer writing-related anxiety, or simply have someone to chat with about writing.

Chelsea Kiew
Graduating Class of 2025, Yale-NUS College

Major: Literature
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese (I try)

Chelsea is a Literature major and an Anthropology minor at Yale-NUS College. She has experience working with students from the ages of 8-18, and on weekends, she continues to teach at an English enrichment centre. Outside school settings, Chelsea also has experience writing for journalism, comms, and PR. Ultimately, Chelsea believes that the process of writing and cooking are very similar – one should always prepare the final product with the consumer firmly in mind, and it should be easily digestible, but also unexpected and exciting. As a peer tutor, Chelsea’s approach is to hone students’ instincts and help build solid foundations so that students can move beyond functionality, and begin creating work that is full of flair and energy. Chelsea is a big fan of tea, travelling, and Vocaloid music – bonus points if she can enjoy all three at once.

Chong Zhi Yang
Graduating Class of 2025, NUS College

Major: Psychology, minor in Management
Languages: English, Mandarin

Zhi Yang is a Psychology major (also NUS College/University Scholars Programme) who deeply enjoys reading and discussing ideas. Having been a pure Humanities student since young, he has experience discussing ideas related to Literature, Linguistics, and History. Zhi Yang believes that the basis of all good writing is fruitful and meaningful collaboration – be it a calm and serene exchange of ideas, or a heated thrashing of arguments. As his peers would tell you, being messy and disorganised is just a typical day for Zhi Yang. But this is exactly why he aims to show how even if one has trouble expressing their ideas, or if their drafts are always a mess... there's always a way to turn that piece of writing into a fun and memorable read with a little bit of discussion and patience.

Dinesh Sukumar
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Major: History, minor in Urban Studies
Languages: English, Tamil (Basic)

Dinesh believes that the key to writing well is choosing the right beverage to go along with. His beverage of choice? Coffee! Caffeinated, any writing becomes that bit less daunting. A final year History undergraduate at Yale-NUS College, his caffeine-fuelled writing sessions see him tackling questions at the intersection of history and education. In Urban Studies, his interest lies in the sociology of built environments, focusing on school buildings. He enjoys exploring buildings on his off-days as well, as long as he has traded his pen and keyboard for his camera! Working at the boundaries of history, sociology, architecture, and education, he is no stranger to interdisciplinary writing as well. If you’re working on a writing project in the humanities, social sciences, something interdisciplinary altogether, or just to drink coffee, Dinesh is your guy to find.

Dylan Chan
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Majors: Sociology and Literature
Language: English

Dylan is in some ways, like you. A student in NUS. An essay writer just trying to get a draft out. A person who has felt the pains of putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). This is why he wants to help others as a peer tutor. In consults, he hopes to offer a sharp eye, fresh perspectives and a gentle undoing of assumptions that could lead to new ideas, storylines, argumentative logics or even personal branding angles. Let's explore together!

Elmer Loh
Graduating Class of 2023, NUS

Majors: Life Sciences (NUS) and Liberal Arts (Waseda University)
Languages: English, French, Mandarin
Peer Tutor Certifications: Published in The Red Stone, NUS' student journal for philosophy

Elmer is a double degree student in NUS and Waseda University. He is interested in philosophy, with a particular focus on Heidegger and Arendt, amongst others. As someone who has had experience teaching both English and French as foreign languages, he places emphasis on a deeper linguistic and cultural understanding. He enjoys reading essays from their philosophical underpinnings and assumptions. As such, he has a penchant for consults in which students conceptualise and frame their essays.

Eswaravaka Keerthana Reddy
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Major: Business Administration
Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu

Keerthana is a second-year NUS College student who is majoring in Business. As a Humanities Scholar in Junior College, she is experienced in writing essays but has also felt the difficulties of writing academic and literature essays. She hopes to help her peers find ways to better frame and put across their ideas in their work, and is keen to be part of their writing process.

Freddy Chong
Graduating Class of 2025, NUS College

Majors: Sociology and Statistics
Languages: English, Mandarin

Freddy is third year NUS College student, majoring in Sociology and Statistics. As a polytechnic graduate, he felt ill-prepared for university writing in his first year. Writing, to him then, is a medium to liberate one's thoughts and fears. Yet, academic writing has its own set of demands and rigour, which may instil anxiety in novice writers. He empathises with the fears and self-doubts that his peers may face in academic writing. Through supporting his peers as an active listener, he hopes to inspire them to approach writing as a mindful activity for personal growth. A free-spirited wayfarer, Freddy enjoys walking around neighbourhoods and in exploring new spaces.

Kristina Gweneth Ponce Simundo
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Major: Environmental Studies, minor in Arts & Humanities
Languages: English, Tagalog, Mandarin

Kristina is an Environmental Studies major and an Arts & Humanities minor, and has an equal love for both. In the 2 semesters of working in the Writers' Centre, Kristina finds that she most enjoys getting to meet new people and helping them write their way to their truth. Kristina places a lot of value on tutees feeling safe to make mistakes. She believes that an essay is written through laborious, iterative cycle of editing and brainstorming, and her role as a peer tutor is to help students sculpt their way to their desired essay. When she is not at the Writers' Centre, she is still, always, writing to make meaning of the overwhelming world we live in. Besides that, you can find Kristina (attempting) to paint, going for a dip in the ocean, or navigating her complicated relationship with growing plants.

Leong Kar Wai, Adeline
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Major: Global Studies
Languages: English, Mandarin, French (Limited)

Adeline is a Global Studies Major from Singapore. An avid reader and writer since young, she enjoys applying this passion in helping her peers navigate various writing projects. Prior to her college career, Adeline interned at SPH Media as Journalist for The Straits Times, secretarial and strategic role for The Business Times. She understands that writing can be a tricky process, and hopes to help her peers better express, present and structure their thoughts in writing. Outside of the Writers' Centre, she enjoys learning languages, travelling and exploring Singapore with friends.

Loh Ye Han Brian
Graduating Class of 2025, NUS

Majors: Chemistry (NUS), International Liberal Studies (Waseda)
Languages: English (Native), Japanese (Elementary), Mandarin (Functional)

Brian is a 4th year NUS – Waseda Double Degree Student. Through tutoring, he wishes to dispel the notion that Science students cannot be proficient in the Arts. As a (primarily) Science student, he understands the frustrations as well as challenges that non-Arts students face and hopes to be able to help people develop their own ways of expressing themselves in their writing. An avid fan of all things Japanese, he enjoys binge reading (and watching) manga and anime in his free time. He also has a soft spot for cats, and is often found trying to get the attention of the UTown cats (with mixed results).

Lois Naomi Ang
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Major: Political Science
Languages: English, Tagalog, Hokkien (Elementary), Mandarin (Elementary)

Naomi is a Filipino and Chinese international student from the Philippines. After accidentally making her way into NUS College, she has committed to being buried in readings and essays as a Political Science major under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Naomi decided to become a peer tutor to help other lost souls navigate their way around writing, and hopefully even love the process too! Outside of writing, Naomi also likes to debate (it's an excuse to argue with people and travel), swim (both in the USC pool and the ocean), and play mahjong (her friends say she's addicted).

Matthew Ling
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Majors: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, minor in Mathematical, Computational, and Statistical Sciences
Languages: English, French, Mandarin (Limited), Spanish (Limited), Cantonese (Limited)
Peer Tutor Certifications: Big Writing Projects with Prof Carissa Foo (Capstone & Research Projects)

Matthew is a final year student who dabbled in chemistry, computer science, linguistics, math, and anthropology before settling on PPE & MCS. Lately, he's been thinking about moral philosophy, aesthetics, and the physics and philosophy of time. Matthew enjoys working with writers at every stage of the writing process, be it generating ideas, transforming ideas into writing, or ensuring that their writing concisely and precisely reflects their ideas. He loves helping writers navigate writing expectations in their discipline and finding their style. While he's not reading or dancing, you'll probably find him cleaning out the pantry or checking to see if it's been restocked!

Max Pasakorn
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Major: Arts & Humanities
Languages: English, Thai (Conversational)
Peer Tutor Certifications: Big Writing Projects with Prof Carissa Foo (Capstone & Research Projects)

Max Pasakorn (he/she/they, in no particular order) is a Thai-born, Singapore-based essayist, poet and a student of the the Creative Writing track in the Arts & Humanities major. Prior to and during their college career, Max has worked as a multimedia journalist in Singapore Press Holdings, a marketing professional at local SMEs and an editorial assistant at Ethos Books. Max's writing was a finalist for the Science Fiction & Poetry Association Rhysling Award, nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has won local and international writing competitions such as the Chestnut Review Stubborn Writers' Contest 2022 and the Yale-NUS Literary Awards. Their work can be found in Eunoia Review, Honey Literary, SUSPECT Journal, Strange Horizons and more. In the summer of 2023, Max was a contributor at the prestigious Sewanee Writers' Conference and a scholar at the Lambda Retreat for Emerging LGBTQIA+ Voices. With workshop experience in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction in both academic and non-academic settings, Max hopes to work with and inspire folks to write and share their stories. A firm believer in writing as a self-development tool, Max is excited and honoured to be a part of any writer's journey as they work together to brainstorm, organise or revise essays or creative projects from the common curriculum or elective courses.

Naia Nathan
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS

Major: Economics
Languages: English, Malay (Intermediate)

Naia is a final-year Economics major from Singapore. In her time at Yale-NUS she has changed her major 3 times but is finally confident she's on the right path. Naia's major-shopping experience/liberal arts education has meant that she's been exposed to writing in the social sciences, literature and philosophy, and can help you in any of these fields. She has been teaching for 4 years and loves helping students discover their own insights through conversation. Her personal academic interests lie in applying microeconomics to public policy (migration/welfare/education), through the lens of gender and class inequality. She also likes rock climbing and theatre.

Pan Xinping
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Major: Computer Science
Languages: English, Mandarin

Xinping is a Computer Science student from Singapore. Aside from her major, she is also interested in psychology, philosophy and anthropology. She enjoys working with others to develop a logical and structured piece of writing, and looks forward to learning about different topics. She hopes to help her peers deliver their points in a clear and discipline-appropriate manner.

Ryan Yeo
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Major: Philosophy
Languages: English, Mandarin (Conversational), French (Basic)

Ryan is a fourth-year philosophy major from Singapore. Ryan values sincerity and open-mindedness, and loves to learn and grow with the people around them. As a peer writing tutor, they are always excited to share their knowledge and learn new things from everyone! Ryan thinks writers possess a wonderful medium to share their thoughts, loves, and emotions with others. Ryan has dabbled in poetry, academic writing, journalism, and content writing. Their writing has been published in poetry anthologies like Contour: A Lyric Cartography of Singapore and news websites like Mothership. Besides writing, Ryan also loves doing improv theatre, playing Dungeons and Dragons, reading, and playing with kids & dogs.

Sheriah Peries
Graduating Class of 2025, Yale-NUS College

Major: Environmental Studies
Languages: English, Sinhala

Sheriah (she/they) is an Environmental Studies Major from Colombo, Sri Lanka. She dabbles in creative and non-fiction writing and the occasional academic paper or two to help her share her thoughts and ideas about the world we live in, particularly concerning gender, the environment and social inequality. Sheriah believes that writing is a collaborative process, and enjoys helping others wrangle their big ideas into polished final works, and learning something new along the way! When they aren't exploring Singaporean hawker centres, they can be found trying their hand at theatre, reading and wildlife spotting in nature reserves with friends.

Silvia Suseno
Graduating Class of 2024, Yale-NUS College

Major: Arts & Humanities (Creative Writing), minor in Literature
Language: English

Silvia doesn't subscribe to the notion of genre but is nevertheless a writer of poetry, creative nonfiction, and maybe even autofiction. A strong believer in vignettes and fragmented narratives, Silvia writes to untangle and unhinge. She was a finalist in the Yale-NUS Literary Awards of 2022 and 2023 for poetry and fiction respectively, and a 2018 finalist in the Singapore Science Chronicles. Silvia was also involved in the pilot run of Project LIVEpress by Ethos Books in 2014. Passionate about the transformative experience of writing workshops, she had the opportunity to attend the Writing Workshops in Greece in the summer of 2023. As a peer writing mentor, she is committed to working with students to express themselves in a way that is both true to their intentions and clear to the audience. To her, writing is a collaborative cycle of brainstorming, getting the words out, and giving and receiving feedback. Outside of the Writers’ Centre, Silvia is more likely than not at the pottery studio.

Sophia Wing Lum Chok
Graduating Class of 2025, Yale-NUS College

Major: Urban Studies
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin (Proficient), Korean (Conversational), Spanish (Intermediate)

Born and raised in New York City, Sophia has a myriad of interests ranging from wrestling to cooking to city development. She is especially passionate about communication, language, and writing — thus becoming a Peer Tutor. Having heavily utilised the Writers’ Centre throughout college, she is excited to give back by guiding others in their writing. Sophia is most proficient with argumentative and history papers, creative writing pieces, and journalism. She loves engaging in the social aspects of writing, whether it be brainstorming arguments together or reworking the piece to a better shape. Through consultations, she hopes you walk away feeling less intimidated by the writing process and see progress in the work you produce!

Suman Padhi
Graduating Class of 2025, Yale-NUS College

Major: Economics, minor in Arts & Humanities
Languages: English, French, Hindi, Odia, Latin, Ancient Greek

Suman (they/them) is an Economics major, whilst minoring in Arts and Humanities at Yale-NUS. They consider themselves a third-culture kid, having lived in several countries growing up and becoming a polyglot from their childhood. They currently serve as Co-Editor in Chief of The Octant, Yale-NUS' student publication, and as a writer for Wingspan, Yale-NUS' alumni newsletter publication. Besides journalistic writing, they are also fond of creative non-fiction and poetry, focusing on creative writing as part of their minor. With experience in various different fields of writing, they're happy to help you in whatever type of writing you are looking to work on--whether it be research, essayistic, or something technical. Suman sees writing as a journey, a lifelong one, with there always being something to learn at every stage in the process, and at any age. As a peer tutor, they hope to help you become more comfortable in your writing and your shoes as a writer.

Tricia Sin Sze En
Graduating Class of 2026, NUS College

Majors: Political Science and History
Languages: English, Mandarin

Tricia is a Political Science and History student in her second year at NUS College. Her relationship with writing has been tempestuous. As a frequent rambler and habitual procrastinator, she is intimately acquainted with writing blocks. (In fact, she had one while writing this!) Rather than acting as discouragement, these experiences have become a source of motivation for Tricia. As a tutor, she draws from her past to empathise with students, and centres her teaching ethos around grace. She especially enjoys reading work from new students. To her, writing is an individualised journey that she enjoys tracing; each written work contains parts of a writer’s personal history. Apart from the Writing & Communication Hub, Tricia can often be found in the Central Library, looking for books on her newest research interest (currently Peranakan history) or at UTown Starbucks, hopefully not spilling coffee on laptops again.

Yuki Koh Suat Nee
Graduating Class of 2024, NUS

Major: Social Work & Sociology
Languages: English, Mandarin, Singapore Sign Language and Exact English

A lover of spicy food, you can find Yuki guzzling down Ma La almost every other week. If not, you can catch her reading Agatha Christie. Over the weekends, Yuki loves watching classic Asian films. She also games and loves her PC to bits (maybe more so than food). As someone who adores writing, she hopes to empower people to become better writers too. But it's never really one way; she finds inspiration in the essays that Engineers and Arts students give her, and is never afraid to listen to new ideas. Above all, she dearly enjoys sessions that develop argumentative flow beyond PEEL, harness critical thinking, improve stylistic choices and tone, and which require brainstorming.

Yuki has experience in working with post-graduate and undergraduate students, doctorates, thesis, capstones, philosophy, sociology, social work, science and engineering papers. Creative writing is one of her strengths in consulting as well, and she would love to have a conversation with you over your latest creative piece. Having been a freelance screenwriter for two years, she welcomes film & theatre students too.

Yehoon Ahn
Graduating Class of 2025, Yale-NUS College

Majors: Mathematics, Computational and Statistical Sciences
Languages: English, Korean

Yehoon is a third-year MCS major from South Korea. With an interest in journalism, he has worked for a magazine and a Singaporean news publication. His reading interests tend to change, but for now, he is interested in reading religious texts and personal essays. Yehoon is an amateur but passionate tennis player. Besides good tennis sessions, Yehoon appreciates well-written news articles, good coffee, and quality screen-free time. He finds joy in helping others with their writing; he is excited and honored to work with the NUS community to grow together as writers.

Major: English Literature
Languages: English, Mandarin, Japanese (Elementary)

Zachary is a fourth year NUS College student, majoring in English Literature and minoring in English Language. Although his area of expertise derived from majoring in English Literature is traditional writing, his interests also lie in other art forms; namely, gaming and all kinds of animation. His favorite games include FromSoftware's Elden Ring and Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, while his favorite animations are all of the DC Animated Universe and LAN Studio's 时光代理人 (Link Click). Zachary especially understands the struggles of beginning to write academically at the university level and is inspired to help students both familiar and unfamiliar with academic writing to improve their work. Despite his focus on academic writing, however, his hobbies also mean that creative writing consultations are more than welcome — especially if it's for a less conventional project such as film or drama.