Lisa Deng is a Chinese-American writer and artist from Maryland, now based in Los Angeles. Her work is about shining a light on niche communities and blowing up the margins, often to comical proportions. In her writing, she applies slapstick and the absurd to highlight the messy truths of life. As a performer and storyteller, she produced sketch shows with Women of Color Anonymous at UCB and won an LA Moth StorySlam under the theme of “Gumption.” She has worked previously in Art Department and VFX Post-Production for film and television. Currently she is a staff writer on an upcoming Disney TV Animation series. In her free time, she enjoys collecting languages and perfecting her mime walk.