Eva Zheng
Community Lead at Hacker Fund
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEva Zheng is a community-focused founder and operator who blends theater, cognitive science, and product experience to turn emotional storytelling into measurable social impact. She co-founded Cal Hacks at UC Berkeley, helped scale Notion’s community and sales development during hypergrowth, and now runs Empact, a platform that has driven 1,000+ audience-led actions across films, nonprofits, and brands. A decade-plus leader in hackathons, immersive empathy projects, and education initiatives, Eva designs systems that make engagement actionable—from VR documentaries touring the Deep South to empathy workshops in Xinjiang. She serves on Hacker Fund’s board and speaks nationally on community building, and her unusual mix of performance artistry and startup rigor makes her particularly adept at translating feeling into scalable campaigns and pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Cognitive Science & Theater, Bachelor’s Degree, Cognitive Science & Theater at University of California, Berkeley
English, Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
javascript3
python3
cal2
css1
react1
Github contributions (5)
evaz/evaz.github.io
Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:33 commits, 30 pushes in 9 months
evaz/inexplicablyme
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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