Lee-Sean Huang is a multi-hyphenate artist, designer, and educator based in Providence, Rhode Island, dedicated to creative process and collective action as means of challenging and redesigning established systems. He co-founded Foossa, a creative consultancy focused on facilitating community-centered design and social innovation. He also currently serves as Chief Community Officer at AIGA, the professional association for design, which advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force.

He has taught design, futures thinking, storytelling, and innovation strategy at New York University, the Parsons School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and Emerson College. Lee-Sean earned a bachelor’s degree in Government from Harvard and a master’s in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU.

In addition to his teaching and creative leadership, Lee-Sean is a voice in labor advocacy. He served on the Executive Board of UAW Local 7902, which represents academic workers at The New School and NYU, and was a delegate to the union’s 2026 Constitutional Convention. He is currently a member of the bargaining committee for SVA Faculty United, which recently voted to unionize and is negotiating its first contract.

In his artistic practice, Lee-Sean is a photographer, performer, and singer-songwriter, currently developing a solo collection of original songs. He sings in the tenor 1 section of the Rhode Island Gay Men’s Chorus.