As Co-founder of MycoWorks, Dr. Sophia Wang recognized the potential of mycelium as a living material with endless aesthetic expressions, and stepped forward to lead MycoWorks’ efforts to bring mycelium materials to the wider world. As Chief of Culture, Sophia builds values and mission-driven programs to scale a company culture of innovation, service, respect and empowerment. Her values-based program leadership draws on nearly twenty years of experience as an educator, activist, and cultural producer, working with universities, art institutions and social justice movements in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sophia’s creative practice includes choreography, performance, writing, curation and producing original dance and multimedia works. She has danced for Xavier Le Roy, Tino Sehgal, Jerome Bel, Amara Tabor-Smith and Xandra Ibarra. Sophia is likewise the co-founder of the Brontez Purnell Dance Company. Since 2015, Wang has co-produced Heavy Breathing, a discussion and movement workshop series that has featured over 45 presenting artists working at the intersection of performance, visual arts and pedagogy. Sophia Wang earned a PhD in English specializing in 20th and 21st century experimental American poetry, and has presented her work at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, SFMOMA, and The Broad Museum, among other institutions around the world. ‍