15+ years as a registered pharmacist across Australia and Hong Kong. Also — somewhat improbably — the co-writer of a 49-episode vampire drama. Both are true.
I'm a registered pharmacist with 15+ years' experience across Australia and Hong Kong. I spent over a decade as Pharmacist in Charge of a high-volume community pharmacy, and for the last few years I've worked as a self-employed locum — which means I spend my working life walking into pharmacies I've never set foot in before and figuring out, fast, how the place runs, what the team needs, and how to be useful before anyone has time to show me where things are kept. I also mentor pharmacy students on placement through the University of Sydney.
Alongside that, I make things. I'm a co-creator of a vertical drama, Vampire's Forbidden Kiss. A couple of years ago I co-wrote and co-produced it, a 49-episode vertical drama made with two early-stage startups that ended up pulling in 25M+ views and launching both its leads. I'd never made a micro-drama before. I just didn't let that stop me.
I sort of stumbled into the creative world by accident. It started when I modelled for China Mobile as a joke — something I did on a whim, not expecting much to come of it. Somewhere along the way I got genuinely interested in film and entertainment, and one thing pulled into the next: I trained as a screen actor at NIDA, background-acted in two Marvel films, wrote and shot my own vertical documentary solo on a phone, and modelled for a few more campaigns along the way. Neither side is the "real" job — they run at the same time, and a decade of protecting a brand under real regulatory scrutiny turns out to be useful training for both.
I'm based in Sydney. I notice detail, I move fast, and I don't need much of a runway.
Co-wrote a 49-episode micro-drama that became the breakout role for its two leads, Tristan Pons and Brooke Baxter — made with zero micro-drama experience and a lot of gung-ho energy, while working full-time as a locum pharmacist.
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