My name is Oscar, or Ming-Hong — before high school, I had no idea what weight that name would carry

It started with YouTube in middle school — editing, effects, sound design, storytelling, all self-taught — that obsession laid the foundation for everything I do now

University brought cinema — real cinema — stories taken apart and reassembled until the seams show, every collision brought the same feeling: 'Wait — how did I miss that?' and every time, it made the drive stronger

Equal parts analytical and emotional — sometimes the most methodical person in the room mapping every lens movement frame by frame, sometimes sitting stone-faced in a theater as tears run down silently

Served as VP of my department's student council — learning to navigate between perspectives, translate competing interests, and turn friction into understanding

Using images to tell stories: still the most electric thing I know how to do