Shuowen “Echo” Shen (she/her) is an MFA candidate in Dramaturgy at Columbia University. She graduated with honors from Wesleyan University, majoring in East Asian Studies and Theater.

With extensive experience in the publishing industry, she worked as a foreign rights editor at Thinkingdom Media Ltd., where she pursued her passion for storytelling across multiple languages and bringing international works to domestic audiences. Her theater work explores East Asian diasporic narratives and memory, with a particular focus on space and language. 

出生成长于北京，现居纽约。热爱戏剧创作的同时喜欢印刷物。认为书籍和杂志有着和戏剧一样无法被取代的艺术性和在场性。

始终坚信故事的力量，试图探索在各种媒介下讲故事。