Katie Zychowicz

After graduating in 2014 from San Francisco State University with a bachelors in International Relations I moved to Tokyo, Japan, as an international preschool teacher. The preschool’s curriculum focused around design thinking and developing an international world view. This experience brought me back to my own childhood, where I would spend hours drawing, painting, sewing and creating in different capacities.

I was surrounded by amazing design, museums and culture. As I pondered what I would do upon my return home to California, life pointed me in the right direction. By chance, each of my three roommates were designers. After gaining a wealth of knowledge from them about their experience and performing a thorough gut-check I did a deep dive into design once I returned to California.

It was the best decision I have ever made, and I will never look back.