Kathy Hsieh is a founder and Co-Executive Producer for SIS Productions, an Asian American women-run theatre company in Seattle. She is also an award-winning actor, writer and director, most recently seen in The Brothers Paranormal with Pork Filled Productions, Washer/Dryer with SIS Productions & Pratidhwani (Gypsy Award for acting), Romeo & Juliet with Seattle Shakespeare's WoodenO, and Gambatte at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in Portland. She has also worked with Sound Theatre, ArtsWest, ReAct, the Seattle Rep, Book-It, ACT, Intiman, Taproot, The 1448 Projects, Freehold, Living Voices and more. By day, she is the Cultural Partnerships & Grants Manager for the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. A change agent in transforming the Office’s community engagement and arts funding practices through a racial equity lens, she helped the agency earn Seattle Management Association’s first Race & Social Justice Management Award through her work developing innovative funding strategies that center the expertise and experience of communities of color.