Website www.leahericachung.com
E-mail leahericachung@gmail.com
Phone +1 (917) 755 3277
Education
Experience
Rhode Island School Of Design Providence, RI, USA | 2010 - 2014 (expected) Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design
Lead Researcher & Designer | Kampala, Uganda | Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
Brown University Providence, RI, USA | 2011 - 2013 Liberal Arts Courses West African Writers & the Political Kingdom The Entrepreneurial Process Burden of Disease in Developing Countries Georgetown University Washington, D.C., USA | Fall Semester 2012 International Relations Program MIT Cambridge, MA, USA | 2014 Product Design and Development Studio
Skills
Skills Microsoft Office Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop SolidWorks HTML CSS Lathe Band saw Scroll Saw Table Saw Hand Tools
STEAM Maharam Fellowship
Designed and led an ethnographic research project in central and eastern Uganda. Interviewed 150+ people in 3 cities, 12 NGOs, 4 slums, and 3 schools.
RISD Global Initiative
Founder & President | Providence, RI, USA | Jan 2013 - Present
Utilized web & mobile tools, print, and a whole lot of lobbying to establish a culture of global awareness at RISD that was nonexistent before.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Public Engagement Intern & Design for the Environment Consultant Washington, D.C., USA | Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
Provided design consultation to the EPA’s Design for the Environment program and influenced the internal vision of the program.
Ashoka: Innovators For The Public Language Korean (Fluent) French (Intermediate) Others Midnight Soccer Swimming (Butterfly Specialist) Piano Clarinet Gown-making
User Research Information Architecture Concept Development Event Programming Presentation Creation Presentation Delivery Project Management DIY Diplomacy
References
Research Intern | Seoul, Korea & Washington, D.C., USA | Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Helped establish the Ashoka Korea branch through bilingual research.
A Better World By Design
Branding Lead & Advisor | Providence, RI, USA | Nov 2010 - Present
Led all design efforts in strategizing and creating visual systems for the 2011 conference of more than 1000 attendees worldwide.
Freelance Branding
Freelance Brand Identity Consultant | Various Locations | Jul 2012 - Present
Worked with clients from Massachusetts to Chile to help their business realize its identity. (ex. Tufts University Fletcher School, TOHL, etc)
Achievements
2014 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition Semi-Finalist 1 of 6 student semi-finalists chosen to advance to next round 2013 Maharam Fellow 1 of 10 students awarded a $5000 grant to fund self-proposed summer project centered on the intersection of design and public policy
Tom Carter, USAID thcarter@usaid.gov / +1 (202) 712 5226
Student Speaker at Board of Trustees Meeting 1 of 2 students invited by Trustee Dryfoos and RISD Provost to speak on vision for the future of RISD in 2050
Leslie Fontana, RISD lfontana@risd.edu / +1 (401) 932 4828
Panelist at A Better World by Design Invited to speak on panel “Designing New Narratives” at the 2013 conference