From winning international technology hackathons to being a UI/UX designer at StartPlaying Games (a Y-combinator company), and debating for five years, Christina has learned the value of interdisciplinary thinking in problem-solving. Her topic will discuss how art can make complex scientific knowledge accessible to audiences who are alienated by age, the difficulty of topic, illiteracy, and culture. Art acts as a bridge to inclusive, equitable technology. Christina Wang is a grade 12 student at St. Clement’s School who strives to be a polymath at the intersection of biology and art. Her works include building a curriculum of 100+ medical illustrations for mothers in Rural Northern Nigeria on how to take a life-saving pill. Additionally, she’s made a collection of 15 works about biology topics, like gene-editing, memory recall, and the skin microbiome. Her personal work leads her to start her organization, Krebs Institute, which leads events across Canada connecting artists and scientists to make artworks about biology research papers. From winning international technology hackathons to being a UI/UX designer at StartPlaying Games (a Y-combinator company), and debating for five years, she’s learned the value of interdisciplinary thinking in problem-solving. Her topic will discuss how art can make complex scientific knowledge accessible to audiences who are alienated by age, the difficulty of topic, illiteracy, and culture. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx