Yuan Zhang is a cultural creative based in Boston, working at the intersection of design, writing, and cross-cultural dialogue.

She began her education studying Astrophysics at Peking University, drawn to the most fundamental questions about the universe, before turning her attention to the human scale. She trained at RISD and spent eight years in the AEC industry shaping cities across three continents. Her projects include the Plan Capital Abu Dhabi 2040, Changi Airport in Singapore, Hengqin Hospital in Zhuhai, and the Williams College campus. At the Boston Society of Architects, she served as Co-chair of the Global Practice Network.

In 2024, she founded SAWY, a cultural platform that has convened over 50 gatherings in Boston, bringing together artists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers who navigate life between East and West. She is currently completing her first book, a work of narrative nonfiction about the unwritten rules of American life, seen through the eyes of someone who had to learn them all from scratch.

Her work moves between the designed and the lived: how cities hold people, how culture shapes identity, and how conversation itself can be a form of art.