Thi is a visual designer, design researcher, and educator whose practice sits at the intersection of participatory design, storytelling, and social engagement. She approaches design as a living dialogue — a platform through which communities can articulate their experiences, assert their identities, and shape the spaces they inhabit — an open space for public conversation and collective meaning-making. She loves seeing her work leave room for something unplanned to emerge. For Thi, good design must be meaningful to the people that it serves.

Thi received her MFA from Texas State University's Comdes program and is currently an assistant professor at Weber State University and research fellow at the Matthew S. Browning Design Lab, working on the Weber-Davis Entrepreneurial Ecosystem initiative. Her work has been featured in Print Magazine, Austin Design Week, and the DEL Digital Engaged Learning Conference.