Vancouver/Seattle

Welcome! Launched in 2022, Seattle - Vancouver is Harvardwood’s first joint Canadian-American chapter.

OUR MISSION:

To provide support, mentorship, friendship, fun, solidarity, networking opportunities for creative exchange and professional growth for Harvardwood’s members in both Seattle and Vancouver.

Membership to Harvardwood Seattle - Vancouver is open to anyone with an interest in the arts and entertainment. Both emerging and established professionals in the arts are encouraged to participate in our programs.

EVENTS:

• Meet & Greets (in both Seattle & Vancouver)
• Workshops (Online & In-Person)
• Literary & Creative Salons (Scrawl-Crawls in B.C. & Washington, Writing Exchanges, Photography & Themed Outings, Video & Animation Tours, etc.)

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YOUR CHAPTER HEADS:

From Laguna Beach (Orange County), California, Jennifer Bao Yu "Precious Jade"

Jue-Steuck is an author, screenwriter, children's novelist, researcher, and columnist. Adopted from Taipei (by an American family from Los Angeles), Jennifer is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Harvard University, where she was a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Scholar.

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Mario Pochat is a Harvard University student, CEO and founder of FAME (www.myfame.org), an educational platform for digital entertainment teaching the art and science behind movies and video games. Mario received a national award for opening VANAS, the first “cloud school” in Canada (www.vanas.ca). A recipient of the “10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians,” he is a member of Passages Canada and Historica Canada.