Sophia Fang
sophia fang

About

 
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let me paint you the full picture of who sophia fang is.

I’m a startup marketer by trade, a creative dabbler by nature, and a social impact creator by purpose—all towards my personal mission to build vibrancy in my community.

With a passion for empowering local entrepreneurs, makers, and creators, I’m an MBA candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business as a ROMBA Fellow, a Commissioner on the Seattle Arts Commission, and a Venture For America alumni fellow. Previously, I was the Head of Marketing at Honeycomb Credit, where I built marketing from pre-revenue to $1M ARR and drove $12M+ in local investments to small businesses across the country.

I also find joy in beautifying public spaces in my Seattle hometown and the Rust Belt. As an artist, I have always wondered what it means to exist—in relationship to the self, to others, and to the spaces and communities that we claim and claim us. My murals combine whimsy and community joy to celebrate small businesses, immigrant placemaking, and food diasporas. You can buy my postcards at love, Pittsburgh, Heinz History Center Museum Shop, or my online shop!

I graduated in 2018 from Pomona College, where I double majored in Economics & Digital Media Studies. At Pomona, I was a founding member & Director of Marketing of Health Bridges, a nonprofit assisting immigrant patients with hospital language translations.

Fun fact: I used to be #tumblrfamous! In high school, I founded a high fashion blog with 50,000+ followers.

press

 

public art

awards + honors

 

art exhibitions

  • Emerging Artist Competition Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA (2022)

  • Lantern Festival, ShoreLake Arts, Shoreline, WA (2022)

  • Food Justice in Appalachia, West Virginia University Libraries & Food Justice Lab, Morgantown, WV (2021-2022)

  • Re:Model, LCC Theatre Company, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (2021)

  • 2021 Pittsburgh Virtual Fringe, Pittsburgh Fringe, Pittsburgh, PA (2021)

  • Etna Art Tour, Roadkill Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2020)

  • Art All Night Online, Art All Night, Pittsburgh, PA (2020, 2021)

  • Tiny Films: Seeing Double, CDCP Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA (2020)

  • 20 Under 20, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA (2014)

speaking

  • “Personal Branding 101”, Dietrich College of Humanities + Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

  • “Branding & Marketing Social Enterprises”, BNY Mellon UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge

  • “Intro to Persona Development”, New Jersey Innovation Institute, New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • “Service Marketing MBA Case”, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

  • “Helping Women and Girls Succeed through Mentoring”, Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Chatham University

  • “CMO Insights: Marketing Expert Panel”, Pittsburgh Technology Council

  • “You’re a Work of Art: Building Your Personal Brand as an Artist of Color”, ACES 2022: Artists of Color Expo & Symposium

  • “Building a Purpose-First Brand”, Generator Marketing Conference 2021

  • “Pandemic Pivots: Marketing When Business Isn’t As Usual”, WITcon 2020 - National Women in Tech Conference

  • “Bite-sized Marketing Strategies”, AlphaLab + AlphaLab Gear

  • “How to Market and Do Business Online”, Ascender PGH

  • “Crafting Subscribe-Worthy Newsletters”, Ascender PGH