{"id":453,"date":"2010-05-13T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ta100people.wpengine.com\/?p=453"},"modified":"2010-05-13T00:49:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T07:49:39","slug":"lee-sean-huang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/lee-sean-huang\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee-Sean Huang &#8211; Designer, Activist, and Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>I am proud of Taiwan as a diverse and vibrant multi-ethnic mix and as a  beacon of democracy&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-455\" title=\"huang.lee-sean1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/huang.lee-sean1-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"huang.lee-sean1\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/huang.lee-sean1-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/huang.lee-sean1.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>Who are you? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am an artist, activist, musician, and entrepreneur based out of New York City.\u00a0 I was born in Taiwan and raised in Arizona. I graduated with a BA in Government from Harvard University in 2003.\u00a0 While in college, I studied abroad in Barcelona, Paris and Lund (Sweden).\u00a0 I just finished my Masters in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU.\u00a0 I am currently a strategist and interaction designer at Purpose.com, a group of &#8220;movement entrepreneurs.&#8221;\u00a0 I am also co-founder and producer at Hepnova Multimedia, a genre-defying music collective, multimedia production company, think tank, and modern lifestyle brand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I tap into my multidisciplinary experience to develop strategies and technologies and design interactive experiences for progressive social and political movements. I also make music with my band, Hepnova, and with my friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you proud to be of Taiwanese heritage?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I immigrated to the US with my parents when I was 4 years old.\u00a0 Aside from going to a Taiwanese church and Chinese School on Sundays, I grew up mostly around white people.\u00a0 I would visit Taiwan every two years or so growing up, and I had the opportunity to make some longer trips there as an adult.\u00a0 For me, my Taiwanese heritage means more than just food and family, although those things are obviously great.\u00a0 I am proud of Taiwan as a diverse and vibrant multi-ethnic mix and as a beacon of democracy (against the odds).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the  future of Taiwanese America look like to you?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>A future where &#8220;brand Taiwan&#8221; and &#8220;Taiwanese America&#8221; mean entrepreneurial, scrappy, and hardworking. A future where our hybrid culture is celebrated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any  additional  information you would like to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\">http:\/\/leesean.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favorite Taiwanese food is oyster omelets .<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-456\" title=\"huang.lee-sean3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/huang.lee-sean3-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"huang.lee-sean3\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/huang.lee-sean3-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/huang.lee-sean3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY Who are you? I am an artist, activist, musician, and entrepreneur based out of New York City.\u00a0 I was born in Taiwan and raised in Arizona. I graduated with a BA in Government from Harvard University in 2003.\u00a0 While in college, I studied abroad in Barcelona, Paris and Lund (Sweden).\u00a0 I just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}