Hannah Chung in Chicago, IL | Northwestern University - Design

Hannah Chung

Female

Hannah believes that innovation and creativity fuel positive change. As a maker and a doodler, she loves transforming ideas into tangible products and systems. Hannah admires the intuitive and simple. She is passionate about inventing educational models that foster creativity via design and technology. A graduate of Northwestern University with a passion for engineering and design, she is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sproutel. Sproutel is the creator of Jerry the Bear an interactive robotic teaching toy for children diagnosed with type diabetes. Her company was named one of the Top Startups that Use Tech To Do Good by Mashable in and Best of Design by GOOD magazine. In , Hannah was named one of the "Top Women to Watch in Tech by Inc Magazine and recently won the Perfect Pitch competition at the Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, where Warren Buffet was one of the judges. She has spoken at numerous conferences, including Design and Emotion, ACM Creativity Cognition, RISD Mindshare, IFTF, and Women@TheFrontier by Singularity University and NASA. Before co-founding Sproutel, Hannah co-founded Design for America, a national student organization that helps students solve local social problems through design. She currently sits on the Design for America advisory board as a national advisor. Hannahs goal is to inspire her generation to follow their passions and solve big problems. In her particular journey, she is working towards getting Jerry the Bear in the hands of children with type diabetes around the world. Hannah's driving force is empathy. She hopes to empower kids to thrive in their day to day lives by creating relatable experiences through toys like Jerry. read more ...