YIYI ZHANG

Yiyi (she / her) is an artist, immigration attorney, and game developer. She currently works as a community manager in the games industry, with a strong focus on developing diverse, kind, and supportive ecosystems. She serves on the Board of Directors of both GUMBO.NYC, New York City’s largest collective of independent game developers, and Death By Audio Arcade, a Brooklyn-based organization that builds and curates indie arcade cabinets. She also volunteers as an immigration attorney and human rights advocate for Al Otro Lado, providing legal support to refugees, deportees, and other migrants from Central / South America and Haiti.

In her free time, she is a voracious daydreamer who regularly loses herself in tabletop RPGs, video games, and fantasy novels.

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