CCS Student Spotlight: Xin Ni

Posted on | by Patti Parker

CCS Student Spotlight: Xin Ni

The College and Career Studies (CCS) program would like to spotlight Xin Ni this month. Xin is in her second year in the CCS program.

Xin’s main passion is drawing comics. She creates her own comic called DinoFriends, which she posts regularly on Instagram. With this comic, she has made a whole world of colorful characters who explore various aspects of life together.

Xins Dinofriend in rainbow colors is holding the end of a rainbow. In the background you can see the words You're So Colorful.

Xin is taking three classes this semester: Writing Comics, First Aid and Emergency Care, and Practicum in Universal Design. In all of these classes, she is using her art skills to learn and share more about those topics.

All the dino friends are pictured with speech bubbles introducing themselves. Below them it states We are Dinofriends.

For Xin’s practicum project this semester, she is working with the Graphic Medicine Resource Lab to explore how comics can make healthcare topics more accessible to a wider audience. Graphic medicine is also a field that examines people’s lived experiences to understand health issues better and help improve outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities. She is currently working on a comic resource that shows some similarities between the fields of graphic medicine and universal design. Here are a few sample pages of that project:

Graphic Medicine is described on the website as a field that explores and supports the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. The organization is a community of academics, health careers, authors, artists, and fans of comics.
Universal Design creates products and environments that are as useable to as many people as possible.

Xin is working hard and learning a lot during her time in the College and Career Studies program. She is also working toward earning her Undergraduate Certificate in Universal Design.

Here is Xin’s Instagram, where you can find her amazing comic, Dinofriends!

Great work, Xin! We are so proud of all you are doing!