Bio
Wan Chun (Grace) Hsieh is a performance-driven professional and visionary with extensive experience leading the development of human-centered solutions. Demonstrative abilities in creating frameworks that incorporate the human perspective, elevating the user experience, enhancing digital product development, and increasing customer adoption and growth within competitive markets.
Grace received her MFA in Design for Social Innovation from the School of Visual Arts, where she focused on human-centered design practices and systematic thinking. Her thesis, FishWish, an app empowering eco-eaters to make more sustainable choices, was nominated as the finalist at World Changing Ideas Awards by the Fast Company in 2017. In the same year, her social media design project for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) garnered an iron award in visual communication design category by A 'Design Award. Her data visualization work, Social Due Diligence, was honorable mentioned by the International Design Award in 2016.
Grace has worked on various projects with prestigious organizations like CARE, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United Nations Development Program, and UNWomen. Before she pursued higher education in the US, she was an art director in a tech education startup, and an event planner in a brand marketing company supervising public sector projects. She is enthusiastic about exploring the intersection of social good, health, technology, and design to improve people's life.
Grace is savvy in visual communication and obsessed in learning varied design approaches, which she incorporates into her work to facilitate complex systems and user challenges. She scaled up the first research and design team at the Innovation Unit at CARE, where she built the framework, standardized practices, and amplified innovations from around the world. Her diverse background and cross-cultural learning experiences ground her inclusive perspectives and genuine empathy in design.
Highlights
Iron Award in Graphic and Visual Communication Design, A’ Design Award, 2017
World Changing Ideas Awards, finalist, Fast Company, 2017
Honorable mention, Graphic Design, International Design Awards, 2016
Joint Exhibition at SVA Gramercy gallery, NYC, 2015
Certificates
Certified Design Sprint 2.0 Facilitator , 2019
International Project Manager Association Certificate: Level D, 2010
