Board Members
Doria Qu Founder
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Shiyu Lin Co-Founder
Shiyu Lin earned her Master of Social Work and is currently working toward her Licensed Social Worker (LSW) certification in Illinois. Before moving to the U.S., she spent several years in Mainland China working with rural children and addressing education disparities.
Shiyu has long dreamed of working closely with underserved communities and creating healing moments where even the smallest nuances are honored. She has a deep awareness of the subtle yet significant pressures faced by individuals at the intersection of Asian and LGBTQ+ identities.
She hopes to bring her passion, empathy, and lived experience into her work with this community — believing firmly that everyone deserves the right to a flourishing, dignified life.
Ryan Siew Co-Founder
Ryan Siew (he/him) is a Singaporean social worker passionate about community capacity building, mental health across ages, and LGBTQ+ care. He received his Bachelor’s in Psychology from Singapore’s Yale-NUS College in 2023 and his Master’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago in 2025. In the second year of his Master’s, he assisted in running the Black Incubator & Accelerator Project at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination for Black-led-and-serving grassroots organizations addressing racial health equity in the South and West Sides.
He has also been a lifelong youth advocate, having been a volunteer high-school tutor and online youth mental health befriender in Singapore, as well as a Social Work & Supportive Services Master’s Intern during his first-year Master’s placement at MetroSquash in Chicago. Ryan has lived experience of the pressures that Asian LGBTQ+ community members can face, and hopes to build a more inclusive future.
In his free time, Ryan enjoys playing video and board games, exercising, and spending quality moments with his loved ones.