Zain is a second-generation Pakistani-American Queer Muslim passionate about leveraging design thinking for positive community impact.
He has worked for offices and non-profit organizations in Washington DC, Japan, Ghana, Pakistan, and France, and has worked across a range of scales and disciplines such as architecture, tech, healthcare, industrial design, real estate, curation, and fashion.
He currently serves as the International Fellow for Domaine de Boisbuchet, a French arts and cultural non-profit, and the Chair for the US chapter of Hidayah LGBTQ, a non-profit organization providing support and welfare for Queer Muslims across the world.
Zain holds a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Art in Design Leadership from Maryland Institute College of Art, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University,
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His design and research work has been featured in several news articles and publications, as well as presented at conferences across the country.
Zain builds human-centered experiences and strategies that connect public civic, corporate, and non-profit stakeholders with products to meet both community and business needs. Leveraging his background and skills as an empathetic designer, Zain uses his work to envision better and more equitable futures for all communities and ecosystems.
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