I'm April — an immigrant founder building products and learning communities for real people.
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Selected work from my journey building products for learning, growth, and human connection.
TinyWins started with a simple question: Why does growth feel so heavy?
It's a collection of small tools designed to help people move forward — quietly, consistently, and without pressure.
Start small. Stay human. Let things grow — in public.
Tabbi started from my experience as a non-native English speaker — where confidence mattered more than grammar.
It supports learners without replacing their voice, helping them understand and grow through real use.
Now, Tabbi is evolving into TabbiMate, focused on connecting learners with real people — because in the AI era, language is learned through human connection.
Fox & Fork is a social network designed around food — how we cook, eat, and connect.
It gives everyone their own food channel to share recipes, meals, and inspiration, and to build community through food.
Over time, it evolves into a place where people can plan meals, document their food life, and eventually buy and sell food within trusted networks.
How I got here.
I didn't start building products because I wanted to be a founder.
I started because I was struggling.
As an immigrant working in English, I often knew what I wanted to say—but not how to say it with confidence. Writing took too long. Meetings drained me. I felt smaller than I actually was.
So I built something for myself.
That became ChattingCat, a service that helped non-native English speakers express themselves more clearly at work. It grew quickly—because the problem was real.
Then it all stopped.
ChattingCat was hit with a lawsuit that forced me to shut the company down. I spent three years fighting it. I won—but the experience changed me.
I stopped chasing speed and scale.
I started caring more about trust, clarity, and the people on the other side of the product.
That shift led to Tabbi, built to support language learners without replacing their voice.
And to TinyWins, a system of small tools focused on steady, human progress.
Today, I build carefully.
I build with empathy.
And I build in public—so the work stays honest, and human.
Ways we might work together.
I'm drawn to small, ambitious ideas — especially around learning, productivity, and human connection. If you're exploring something early and care deeply about how it's built, I'd love to hear about it.
Let's talkI work best in early, messy stages — when things aren't clear yet. If you're navigating product direction, language, or UX decisions and want a thoughtful outside perspective, I'm happy to talk.
Start a conversationSometimes the best ideas start without a clear agenda. I enjoy thoughtful conversations with people who are building, learning, or rethinking how things are done.
Say helloOutside of my main work, I spend a lot of time thinking about learning, language, and how people grow over time.
I'm an immigrant founder building between cultures, raising a trilingual child, and learning — very publicly — as I go. Lately, I've been focused on building the things I personally need using vibe coding, while running and growing a vibe coding community for women alongside it.
Some of these thoughts turn into writing, some into small side projects, and some into conversations that continue elsewhere.
I share more of this thinking through writing and video.
Places I write, build, and reflect.
Long-form writing on building, language, and growth
Building, learning, and reflecting — in my own words
Code, experiments, and things I'm learning in public
Work history, projects, and professional context
The simplest way to reach me
If any of this resonates, this is where I continue the conversation.
No pitch. No expectations. I read everything.