About
Hollis Wong-Wear is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist and creative strategist whose practice is rooted in music and film. Hollis began her artistic journey as a teen spoken word poet and youth participant in arts nonprofits, which would set the foundation for her career. Having served as a program director, communications manager, consultant and board member at several nonprofits and government agencies, she blends her experience in civic leadership, public programming, community organizing and creative expression as the Founder and Principal of hww.work.
Hollis founded hww.work in 2020, supporting organizations with virtual fundraising during the pandemic. Now as an executive producer, Hollis has led work for Intuit TurboTax, the Asian American Foundation, ArtsFund, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, ACLU of Washington, Washington State Department of Commerce, Nguyen Coffee Supply, and the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival, among many other clients in the nonprofit, foundation, government and corporate sectors. She has also directed many of hww.work’s projects, including broadcast PSAs for the Washington State Health Care Authority and an upcoming documentary series for GreenLatinos in partnership with Éxito & Co.
Hollis is a graduate of Seattle University with a BA in History, and is a Google NextGen Policy Leader. You can check out her LinkedIn for more accolades. She values cultural power, community self-determination, and having a good time. She was raised in the Bay Area, currently lives between New York City and Los Angeles, and will forever rep Seattle.