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work resumé about
tonekit edit of alice & mango alice human (left) & mango cat (right)

howdy,
i'm alice

I’m an interdisciplinary designer and Cool Person based in Houston, Texas, where I was born and raised (minus a 3 year stint in China). I’m passionate about fostering human connections, learning, having fun, and leaving the world a little better than I found it. Co-design is foundational to how I approach both my work and life. It’s a skill I’ve honed as a graduate student at UT Austin’s MA in Health Focused on Health program, and one I continuously put into action as Innovation Design Extern at MD Anderson Cancer Cencer, where I collaborate with a wide range of innovators, providers, patients, and cross-functional teams to create better healthcare experiences and outcomes. After all, the most meaningful solutions are made with people, not just for them. When I’m not at my desk, you can usually find me spending time with loved ones, reading fiction on carpeted floors, convincing my cat to love me back, or pondering which everyday frictions should be designed away and which are actually opportunities for meaningful human interaction.

more about me

Scattered across this page are some of my other works, projects, hobbies, as well as snippets into my life and philosophy! It's also a fairly accurate depiction of what my desk looks like at all times...

Feel free to stay a while, explore, and learn a little more about alice yisha qiu.
"I don’t know what the future’s going to look like, but I don’t need to. I know today is good." -Christy S.
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” -Frank Herbert, Dune
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thumbanil image for 4 years (2023) 4 years (2023)
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3D render of lemon Blender rendering of a realistic low-poly lemon
thumbanil image for and ? (2023) and ? (2023)...WIP
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“Living happened till it didn’t. There was no choice in it. To say no to a new day would be unthinkable. So each morning you said yes, then stepped into the consequences.” -Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!
"…to be happy you have to find variety in repetitions; that to go forward you have to come back to where you began." -Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
thumbanil image for happy day! (2023) happy day! (2023)
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thumbanil image for return of the rodeo (2022) return of the rodeo (2022)
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fun facts

  • i’m an aries sun + ESFP + enneagram 7
  • i was previously a pre-med student
  • avid fruit eater! current fav is the watermelon
  • B+ tier tetris player
  • i have a black belt in karate
  • i ❤️ my friends
  • Penguins of Madagascar is one of my favorite movies
“She fitted in my arms, she always had, and the shock of holding her caused me to feel that my arms had been empty since she had been away.” -James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
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“I just wanted to be happy, but sometimes your own happiness comes at the expense of other people’s, doesn’t it? It’s hard to balance being both happy and considerate. I often tried to be both by lying, but that usually made it worse.” -Emily Austin, We Could be Rats
collection of produce stickers a spread of my produce sticker collection
origami bouquet an origami bouquet i made for my mom's birthday
“In fact, she was both my first and second words: Umma, then Mom. I called to her in two languages. Even then I must have known that no one would ever love me as much as she would.” -Michelle Zauner, Crying in Hmart
me browsing books in deering library avid reader here! come browse my personal library
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thumbanil image for photography page there are close to 31,000 photos on my phone! explore some of my favorites...WIP
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