AX Mina is a futures thinker, creative consultant and coach. Her mission is building a more just, compassionate and sustainable world through better futures in work, technology and society.
A current Senior Civic Media Fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication and Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future, Mina has written for publications like the Economist, the Atlantic, Hyperallergic and Nieman Journalism Lab, and has spoken in venues like the Aspen Institute, re:publica, and Harvard Law School. Her creative practice has been exhibited in spaces like the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Museum of the Moving Image and the Brooklyn Museum.
At Harvard University, Mina was a 2016-17 research fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and a 2016 Knight Visiting Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, where she studied online language barriers and their impact on journalism.
With over a decade of leadership experience in technology, media and the arts, she currently serves on the board of the News Product Alliance and Processing Foundation and helps produce innovative media projects, including as associate producer for the Oscar-nominated documentary Ascension.
Her newest book, the Hanmoji Handbook, is co-authored for MITeen Press about emoji and the Chinese language. She is a certified trauma-informed yin yoga teacher.