Jezz Chung

Author of
This Way to Change: a gentle guide to personal transformation and collective liberation (Chronicle Prism, 2024)

Jezz Chung is a writer, speaker, and performer exploring the intersection of personal transformation and collective change. Chung blends elements of their experiences as an autistic, disabled, queer, Korean American into their work to build accessible, equitable, liberated futures.

They have been featured internationally in Paper Mag, Vogue Italia, Spain’s El País, and Portugal’s Público, have been invited to speak at Columbia University, Vice, and Google, have written for Washington Post and i-D, were named a Pride honoree by Logo TV and a mental health advocate by Made of Millions.

Jezz has an audio series with Deem Journal titled "Dreaming Different" about building a neurodivergent future now available on all podcast platforms, will be releasing their debut book titled This Way to Change with Chronicle Prism in Spring 2024, and is an ensemble member of the experimental theater group New York Neo-Futurists. You can follow their journey @jezzchung on Instagram, where they sing from their bathroom, share resources for artists and changemakers, and document the realities of living with chronic depression.

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