I’m an immersive experience designer and facilitator with 4+ years of experience designing and leading cultural and creative workshops, and a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from McGill University. My work focuses on creating shared experiences that help people step out of their usual roles, reconnect with one another, and experience a different way of being together through play, making, and imagination. Drawing from Chinese traditional craft and intangible cultural heritage, I use hands-on art as a medium for connection, wellbeing, and shared experience. Participants are invited into a playful world where they can take on a different role, interact with the people around them in new ways, create something with their own hands, and leave with a one-of-a-kind object that carries the memory of the experience. My current offering focuses on Chinese lacquer-inspired art, including round fans, art cards, and bags that can also be created as meaningful gifts. The making itself is only one part of the experience: I combine it with games, imaginative play, and social interaction, so groups are not simply sitting beside one another doing a craft, but actually engaging, laughing, exchanging, and creating something together. My philosophy is: When you do it, you become. Rather than talking about connection, creativity, confidence, or presence, I design experiences where people can directly step into those states through what they are already doing together, creating experiences that make being human precious. Before moving to Montréal, I built extensive experience in China delivering these kinds of workshops through schools, community groups, companies, and other educational and cultural institutions. My work involved designing the workshop concept, facilitating groups, introducing the cultural background behind the craft, and adapting the experience for different audiences. Today, I bring that same experience-design approach into Montréal, combining cultural storytelling, group facilitation, play, and hands-on creation to give groups a meaningful break from routine and a different way to connect with one another.
