Liz Song

What is your position at HopeLab?
Visual Communication Designer

What brought you to HopeLab?
Honestly, it was serendipity. I thought I was going to move to Thailand, and needed a temporary gig before I made the big transition. Needless to say, I never ended up moving overseas and found HopeLab instead. No regrets!

What keeps you at HopeLab? What keeps me here is the authenticity, integrity, compassion, thoughtfulness, gratitude, leadership, joy, respect, and fun of being here. I have a deep respect for all the people I work with, and that makes for a vibrant and life-giving workplace.

Life Before HopeLab?
Peninsula Habitat for Humanity, Springboard Forward, UC Santa Cruz (BA, Cultural Anthropology and the hippie lifestyle)

Fun fact?
I used to hate running (up until Sept 2008), but now I'm training to run my first ultramarathon. When the shift happened, people kept saying I had a "Forest Gump" kind of transformation. I ran my first marathon at Big Sur on April 26, 2009, and got to celebrate the achievement with my running inspiration, Charlie Engle. I am so hooked!

Posts by Liz:

• Photo of the Month | SEPTEMBER | Behind-the-scenes of Team Zamzee
  September 30, 2011 in Photos, Zamzee
• Photo of the Month | AUGUST | ‘staches, bandanas and paper fish
  August 30, 2011 in HL Culture, Our People, Photos
• Photo of the Month | JULY | Fireside Chat with Pam (Minus the Fireside)
  July 31, 2011 in Our People, Photos
• Photo of the Month | June | Hula Hula Hula!
  June 30, 2011 in Customers, HL Culture, Photos, Physical Activity
• A Commencement Speech Junkie’s Reflections
  June 20, 2011 in HL Culture, Our People, Values
• Photo of the Month | MAY | Giant Paper Versions of Tiny Technology
  May 27, 2011 in Photos, Product Development
• TEDYou: My Journey
  March 23, 2011 in Conferences & Events, HL Culture, Our People, video
• Come on in: a look into HopeLab’s culture
  November 1, 2010 in HL Culture, Photos, Values
• Book Roll Please…2nd Edition
  April 19, 2010 in Uncategorized
• TED2010: Unpredictably Delightful
  March 2, 2010 in HL Culture, Uncategorized, Values