Theresa (she/her/siya) is an ABD PhD candidate in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Her research focuses on asexual, aromantic, and platonic intimacies within queer Asian North America. Her work can be found in Feminist Formations and decomp journal. She has recently appeared in The Big Sex Talk (CBC Gem) as a guest expert on asexuality in Canada. She holds a SSHRC Bombardier Scholarship, is a former co-chair for the National Women's Studies Association's (NWSA) Asexuality Studies Interest Group, and is a current co-organizer of a diasporic solidarities themed conference in Canada.