Kat is a spoken word poet, wannabe-psychiatrist, advocate, songwriter, reformed shy-person, cactus-enthusiast, and read-&-walk-er. She is a third-year Robertson Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) & Duke University studying Bioethics, Fiction Writing, and Neuroscience. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in The Health Humanities Journal of UNC-Chapel Hill, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, PANK, and elsewhere. At 16 years old, she was the youngest poet with a collection honored by the 2014 Amy Award, presented by Poets & Writers.
Tan twice represented UNC at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. She was UNC's 2017 Grand Slam Champion and has performed at schools across North Carolina, including North Carolina State University and Duke University, featuring at UNC's Journey into Asia in 2016 and 2017 (returning in 2018), NC State's Asia Night 2017, the Edible Campus UNC/Center for Study of the American South's 2017 Harvest Moon Celebration, and the 2017 East Coast Asian American Student Union alongside such artists as G Yamazawa and Lydia Paek. Tan is the current director of the UNC Wordsmiths and a graduate of the Yale Writers' Conference. Tan performs and teaches workshops at student organizations, conferences, and elsewhere.
Tan lives in Chapel Hill with her Kala ukulele and unfinished album. Every day, she falls in love with your smile.
Tan twice represented UNC at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. She was UNC's 2017 Grand Slam Champion and has performed at schools across North Carolina, including North Carolina State University and Duke University, featuring at UNC's Journey into Asia in 2016 and 2017 (returning in 2018), NC State's Asia Night 2017, the Edible Campus UNC/Center for Study of the American South's 2017 Harvest Moon Celebration, and the 2017 East Coast Asian American Student Union alongside such artists as G Yamazawa and Lydia Paek. Tan is the current director of the UNC Wordsmiths and a graduate of the Yale Writers' Conference. Tan performs and teaches workshops at student organizations, conferences, and elsewhere.
Tan lives in Chapel Hill with her Kala ukulele and unfinished album. Every day, she falls in love with your smile.