Van Quynh was born in a rural village on the central coast of Vietnam and spent most of her life in Florida. Before she became a scientist, she was first a self-taught artist since a very young age. As a scientist, Van is deeply interested in the technical, sociocultural, business, and policy implications of global trends in AI applications, computing infrastructure, and multinational tech policy. As an artist, she’s obsessed with how AI’s presence is changing the way we think, interact, and create with one another.