Pawtential Bonds by Meichen Kristina Jin (MFA DSI ’25) promotes the dog foster care system, turning individual pet
fostering experiences into an animal welfare movement. Through creative
workshops and a digital storytelling hub designed with NYC animal shelters
and fostering advocates, it mobilizes the passion of future dog caregivers,
strengthens the shelter-to-foster pathway, and makes fostering a more accessible,
supported possibility for dog lovers.
Meichen “Kristina” Jin
Kristina is a designer and artist with an undergraduate degree from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) in collaboration with Lancaster University, majoring in Digital Media Arts and Interaction Design, while studying and creating discursive designs about sustainability, focusing on the bonds between natural creatures and people, trying to reduce the gap between humans and nature.
