Hi, I'm Vicky. I'm an editor and growth partner based in Brooklyn, with roots in Dallas and Shanghai. 𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ ꩜

Over at Skin Contact Studio, I help founders with brand, content, editorial, and the systems to support. Here's my take on narrative strategy. 

PRInCIPlES
⟢Follow the people, then the work - keep yourself in diverse company¹
⟢The work is never just the work - it's also building infrastructure and culture 
⟢Play with your tools - use FigJam and LLMs as thought partners
⟢Care for the humans - exercise the soft skills beneath the soft skills
⟢Treat companies like public parks - leave them more lush than you found them

Over at hyperdisciplinary*, I share field notes on my art and work evolution, it all belongs. Here, Secret Granola Club members get quarterly limited-edition art pieces and zines... 

*Readers span The NYT, Discord, Google, Shake Shack, Adobe, Publicis, Ogilvy, & many indie operators ♥

...that I publish through Skin Contact Press, my indie publishing imprint. 

In my art practice, I explore language—its form and meaning, bounty and limitations. I mainly work in poetry, printmaking and Chinese calligraphy. 

Many thanks to Marco Velasco Martinez of Espacio Pino Suárez

I / have an older sister / love mung bean slushies / care a lot about food systems / studied Finance & International Business at Georgetown University / make a mean granola

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