#033. Stephanie Cheng: channeling creativity via Netflix animation studio, Biden campaign & game design

Stephanie was most recently on the Biden 2020 campaign, leading the product team for Fundraising to help elect our next president. Previously, she was at Netflix's animation studio building out tools and technology to create original animated content. 

Prior to these experiences, she worked at Hillary for America building products such as the Hillary 2016 mobile app and a live debate fact checker, DreamWorks Animation designing production tools, and her own game company, Kooapps, building immersive mobile games.  

She loves building products for spaces that are historically untouched by technology, and is passionate about using game design to increase user engagement and retention across other industries. Stephanie has a BA from Stanford University in Psychology and an MBA from MIT Sloan. She loves mythology, Motown, and eating staggering quantities of food.

Resources:
Stephanie’s site 
Press on Hillary mobile app: CNN, Wired
Kooapps- Stephanie’s game company
The Alicia Foundation
Ferran Adria on Transforming El Bulli from a restaurant into a legacy (Eater)
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress (US trailer on YouTube)
El Bulli: the movie
www.JoeBiden.com

Stephanie’s recommended animated films:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 
How to Train Your Dragon
The Incredibles

Stephanie’s recommended multiplayer games:
Alone Together
A Way Out

Stephanie’s book recommendations:
Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? (Ajahn Brahm)
The Art of Choosing (Sheena Iyengar)
Behave (Robert M. Sapolsky)