Success Stories
Featured Young Guns Alumni
YG Grad - 2012
Nicole Xu
Nicole Xu is a freelance illustrator who was born in Shanghai, grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and is now based in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration and is represented by Rapp|Art.
Her debut picture book, “All of a Sudden and Forever, Help and Healing after the Oklahoma City Bombing,” written by Chris Barton, is published by Lerner Publishing.
She has also bee recognized through Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2022.
YG Grad - 2012
Howard Chen
- High school – Byng Arts Mini School (2007)
- Undergraduate – UBC Faculty of Applied Science, Computer Engineering (2012)
- Master of Architecture – SCI-Arc – M.Arch I (2015)
- Thesis – Student lead for IVRV House – Collaboration project between SCI-Arc and Habitat for Humanity Los Angeles
- Junior Designer, Job Captain – Darin Johnstone Architects (2015-2020)
- Project Manager, Project Architect – Darin Johnstone Architects (2015-2020)
- Licensure – California Licensed Architect C-39786 (2022)