Welcome! Launched in 2022, Seattle - Vancouver is Harvardwood’s first joint Canadian-American chapter.
OUR MISSION:
To provide support, mentorship, friendship, fun, solidarity, networking opportunities for creative exchange and professional growth for Harvardwood’s members in both Seattle and Vancouver.
Membership to Harvardwood Seattle - Vancouver is open to anyone with an interest in the arts and entertainment. Both emerging and established professionals in the arts are encouraged to participate in our programs.
BECOME A MEMBER: HERE
EVENTS:
- Meet & Greets (in both Seattle & Vancouver)
- Workshops (Online & In-Person)
- Literary & Creative Salons (Scrawl-Crawls in B.C. & Washington, Writing Exchanges, Photography & Themed Outings, Video & Animation Tours, etc.)
YOUR CHAPTER HEADS:
From Laguna Beach (Orange County), California, Jennifer Bao Yu "Precious Jade" 
Jue-Steuck is an author, screenwriter, children's novelist, researcher, and columnist. Adopted from Taipei (by an American family from Los Angeles), Jennifer is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Harvard University, where she was a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Scholar.
Mario Pochat is CEO and founder of FAME (www.myfame.org), an educational platform for digital entertainment teaching the art and science behind movies and video games. Mario received a national award for opening VANAS, the first “cloud school” in Canada (www.vanas.ca). A recipient of the “10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians,” he is a member of Passages Canada and Historica Canada.