Michelle Huang
Founder & CEO at Akiya Collective
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichelle Huang is a multidisciplinary creative technologist and founder with nine years of experience blending digital art, immersive experiences, and social-impact projects. As Founder & CEO of Akiya Collective and former director of MESH Media Lab, she leads ambitious restorations of abandoned Japanese homes into community-driven art residencies and interactive habitats. Her background spans full-stack experience design, creative coding, hardware-integrated installations, motion graphics, and product work for startups and health-tech firms. Michelle’s installations and live visuals have been featured across major outlets like NPR, BBC, and Business Insider, signaling both artistic merit and public resonance. Based in New York, she pairs an NYU Stern foundation in finance with hands-on technical craft—bringing business acumen, research experience, and a maker’s sensibility to culturally rooted regenerative design.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance, Minors in Psychology and Philosophy, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance, Minors in Psychology and Philosophy at New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of BusinessBellaire High School
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (14)
yield9
nft8
blockchain7
nextjs6
ethereum6
neuroscience2
html1
css1
python1
javascript1
frontend1
docker1
nodejs1
react1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
michellehuang42/jupyter-notebook-introduction-data-science-intro-000
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1049 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
michellehuang42/python-for-loops-lab-data-science-intro-000
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:370 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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