Anh Dao is a first generation Vietnamese American artist and design student based in Brooklyn, New York. She currently attends The New School and is pursuing majors in Product Design (BFA, Parsons School of Design) and Interdisciplinary Science (BA, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts) with a minor in Literature. Her work focuses on Vietnamese folklore, spiritualism, oral history, and tradition through a diasporic lense. Through her art and journaling she seeks to navigate, define, and celebrate her Vietnamese American identity, as well as explore the fragmented and complicated narratives of her refugee family. She is a bacteria nerd as well! Many of her illustrations seek to bring an understanding and appreciation of bacteria to new audiences. Her laboratory work involves researching antibiotic resistance in NYC soil, as well as how to incorporate microbes into sustainable designs.