Taylor Fang
Hi there! I'm a student at Harvard originally from a small mountain-town called Logan, Utah. I'm always in pursuit of stories, human connection, warmth, and design that makes people feel something. (Also snacks and long hikes!)
Portfolio
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World Data Lab, Project Management Intern
Jun-Aug 2023
Point person for 4 public and private sector client projects with the Gates Foundation, ILO, Mastercard Foundation, and L’Oreal. Co-authored article for Brookings Institute.
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Inlet, Founder
Jan 2021-July 2023
Interactive and multimedia mood boards to share what makes you feel better. Supported by Harvard Innovation Labs, LookUp, and 10KE.
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MIT Media Lab, Design and Research
Nov 2020-May 2023
4th hire for Clover, a team designing a new social media app for teens to foster positive identity development. Research social media landscape, design app, conduct workshops and expert interviews
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Impactive, Operations Intern
Jun-Aug 2022
YC-backed startup founded in 2017 and used by 1,000+ campaigns, advocacy organizations, and unions. Data analysis, research, design & strategy
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Foothill Ventures, Intern
Aug 2020-Jan 2021
Created "Founder's Lessons" series, published interviews with 23 founders and 7 insight articles, reaching 10k+ views and 15k+ minutes read. Created intern matching program leading to 15+ hires
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National Student Poet of the West
Aug 2019-Aug 2020
Highest honor in the nation for youth poets presenting original work, started by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. One of 5 chosen from 24,000 submissions by a jury including 2 former U.S. Poet Laureates. Serve as literary ambassador to 11 Western states
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Allgirlithm, Co-Founder
Jul 2017-Aug 2021
Blog for women in tech from around the world with 70k+ views and club chapters in 75 locations across 9 countries
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GET, Director
2017-2020
Founded and directed free 7-week afterschool workshop series for girls to learn coding, impacting over 150 local students through three years of programming as well as 3 summer camps in partnership with the Girls Scouts and Junior Association of Utah
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Art's First, Student Producer
Dec 2021-Present
Organize one of the largest collegiate arts festivals in the country showcasing performers across diverse genres and spaces, 5k student attendees and marketing to 10k people
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Tech for Social Good, UX Designer for Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Jan-Apr 2021
Conduct in-depth user interviews and workshops through 2 design iterations to create updated design for product used by nearly 400k community mappers
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Franklin Fellowship, Leader
Sep 2022-Present
Co-lead group of 12 for a weekly dinner focused on reflection and presence, invite guests including Grammy-Award-winning Parker Quartet, and organize fellowship-wide socials
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Bank of America, Fintech Focus Fellow
Jul-Aug 2020
Built full-stack web applications using Flask, MongoDB, Python, HTML, and CSS. Created Open Aisle to make political information more accessible. Project selected for final presentation for 100+ attendees
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Apple, Engineering Technology Camp Student
Jul-Aug 2019
1 out of 25 students invited to Apple's global HQ for 4-week program. Worked closely with engineers to design and demo a product to tackle an engineering challenge. Worked primarily on CE and product design
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MIT Tech Review, Essay Contest Winner
January 2020
Published in world’s longest-running technology magazine (both online and print edition) as winner of youth essay contest out of 376 entries from 28 countries
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Harvard Public Service and Engaged Scholarship, SPARK Fellow
Jul-Aug 2021
Completed 100 hours of service, and created 150+ slides (20+ hours) of educational materials for the Logan Public Library
Honors
- Academy of American Poets Prize (awarded by Harvard for best poem by an undergraduate)
- John Harvard Scholar (top 5% of class)
- 2020 U.S. Department of Education Presidential Scholar (top graduating senior in the country)
- Coca-Cola Scholar (one of 150 out of 200,000 applicants, received $20,000 scholarship)
- Poetry published in New York Times and Pulitzer Center and exhibited at UN Headquarters. Winner of International Hippocrates Young Poet's Prize and recognized by YoungArts and National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.