View my publications and current research, including topics on bottle-feeding, eating disorders, global health, oral health education for medical students, and more. Research Publications Research in Progress Art and Writing Publications Bree's Publications and Research Academic Publications Eating Disorders and Oral Health Published in the New York State Dental Journal Eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric illnesses, second only to opioid overdoses. Dental providers are one of the first healthcare providers who maybe able to detect signs of eating disorders, yet often fail to do so due to insufficient confidence of suspicious, failure to initiate conversation, and lack of office protocol. This article discusses risk factors, oral manifestations on eating disorders, and tips for communication. "Does the position of a bottle during infant feeding influence the jaw's postural position?" Published in the Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Early correction of anterior crossbite in the primary dentition can encourage proper growth and development of the maxilla and mandible, reducing the need for future orthodontic therapy. Correction is typically initiated after the age of 3 when a fixed or removable appliance can be fabricated and worn. This case study describes an instance of exceptionally early intervention without the use of an appliance. A bottle-fed 10-month-old boy presented with anterior crossbite, and a contributing factor may have been the position of the bottle's nipple during feeding. Correction of the anterior crossbite was achieved in 5 months by changing the bottle position to a counterbalancing angle. Although this technique warrants further investigation, it has the potential to reduce the need for and length of future procedures. Harvard School of Dental Medicine Global Health Starter Kit Co-author Published in Module 7 Harvard School of Dental Medicine's Global Health Starter Kit, a competency-based global health ‘starter’ curriculum designed for dental educators and students. The Global Health Starter Kit is a free accessible curriculum that has registered users across 30 countries and was published as an mOralHealth case study in the recently released WHO Mobile Technologies for Oral Health Implementation Guide. COVID-19: Global Lesson for a Global Profession " (Module 7) was developed under the mentorship of Dr. Brittany Seymour, the Global Health Discipline Director at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Research and Grants in Progress Oral Health and Pregnancy Research in Progress Awarded the Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning Grant for developing an educational module teaching medical students about oral health in their Ob/Gyn clerkship. "Oral Health and Pregnancy" aims to improve oral health knowledge among medical students and Ob/Gyn residents. It also encourages the inclusion of dental care as a regular part of prenatal care, as oral diseases during pregnancy can lead to pain, tooth loss, and other complications that impact a woman’s quality of life and strongly predict her child’s future risk of cavities and related health challenges. To support this goal, the team created an asynchronous online module using Articulate Rise, paired with pre- and post-surveys to measure learning outcomes. The module is designed to improve trainees’ knowledge of oral health in pregnancy and strengthen their understanding of oral care as an essential component of health across the lifespan. The project also introduces a streamlined dental referral process for pregnant patients in the Ambulatory Care Network clinics, where students and residents provide care. Mental Health Interprofessional Mural Awarded ~$5000 grant by the President’s Office for the Columbia University Mental Health Initiative. My proposal, “Interactive Mental Health Mural Capturing Interprofessional Perspectives” is meant to capture different interpretations of mental health by healthcare professions across CUIMC Campus. The first phase of this project is to first conduct interviews with students and faculty from medicine, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, pastoral care, physical therapy, public health, genetic counseling, and social work. The end goal of this mural is to feature artwork and embedded QR codes linking to these interviews, creating an interactive, evolving definition of mental health across the professions. The mural will be divided into 10 interwoven sections, incorporating themes and motifs from interviews. The mural will feature healthcare professionals working together to “paint” an interactive cumulative ever-changing definition of mental health. This mural will be painted in the spirit of IPE, collaborative spirit, and using creative mixed methods (painting + technology) and storytelling to talk about mental health and the experience of students across our profession. Art and Writing Publications Art and Writing Publications Intima Journal of Narrative Medicine Columbia Pathology and Cell Biology Winter Publication Brown Journal of Medical Humanities ASDA September Contour Magazine Columbia School of Public Health Student Perspectives More About Me! Why Dentistry About me as an NHSC Scholar, TedX Speaker, Advocacy Award Recipient My Art Portfolio Sold by Brown University Bookstore and featured on Columbia's public health website My Infographics Advocacy infographics featured on Columbia and Harvard ASDA pages. Music Compositions Performed 5 times in Carnegie Hall, 2 times in the Metropolitan Museum, 2 times in McCarter Theatre Dental Art & Music How I combine music therapy and art to heal and educate patients! My Asian Identity Reflections on what it means to be Asian American and my struggles with my identity About Me Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more updates! Follow me on Spotify! Spotify

A list of my relevant work, research, and extracurricular experiences in healthcare, education, teaching, leadership, event-planning, art, and music. Bree Zhang - Aspiring Artist, Musician, Dentist Leadership and Outreach Research Experience Dental & Healthcare Experience Teaching and Education Music Accolades Art Accolades Resume This information can also be found on my Linkedin . Education Brown University Pyschology Sc.B. GPA 3.97 Providence RI (Graduated with Honors) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Doctorate of Dental Surgery (DDS) In Progress Masters of Public Health In Progress Dental Admissions Test (DAT): 27 Leadership Experience American Student Dental Association, Chair of National Council on Advocacy Chicago, IL (2024-2025) Supervised and directed activities of the National Advocacy Council on legislative and regulatory issues that impact the dental profession, focusing on the theme “Barriers to Care.” Organized Advocacy Month. Launched grassroots initiatives to promote action-oriented advocacy, including organizing a voter registration contest that had over 1,400+ participants. Facilitated idea exchanges with Legislative Liaisons and created resource drives and guides to improve advocacy events on the local and district level. Columbia Dental Class of 2026, President New York, NY (2022-2024) Supporting the Columbia Dental Class of 2026 by 1) meeting regularly with school administration and the Dean of Academic and Student Affairs to communicate class concerns 2) sending weekly emails to the Class of 2026 with resources, updates, events, announcements 3) organizing with members of class council representatives to ensure academic concerns, financial questions, social programming, and other class projects are going smoothly. ASDA District 2 Legislative Liaison New York, NY (2023-present) Organizing advocacy district events, coordinating with state dental associations, county associations, compiling resources for chapters to promote advocacy campaigns, planning New York State Advocacy Day and ADA Joint Lobby Day, District 1-3 Legislative Coordinator on the Council on Advocacy, informing cabinet and district members on NY, NJ & federal legislative updates & informs cabinet and district members. American Public Health Association, Oral Health Section Liaison New York, NY (2022-present) Named the Student Assembly Section Liaison of the Year. Spearheading social media strategy and creating oral health and public health infographics for American Public Health Oral Health Section. Establishing communicating channels between American Student Dental Association with American Public Health Association. Engaging pre-dental students in public health and APHA activities. International Collaboration and Exchange Program, Team Leader New York, NY (2022-present) Engaged with students in 20+ universities across 4 continents. Facilitated small peer group conversations differences in healthcare systems, health ethics and law challenges, advancements in biotechnology, reflections on the topic of anatomy body donation, and experiences during the global pandemic. Brown University Class of 2022, Co-President Providence RI (2018-2022) Planned class-wide events, focusing on inclusivity and accessibility to promote class spirit and unity, sustaining traditions while creating new ones that represent the ever-changing student demographic. Also served as resource channel for academic, social, and extracurricular support for students during the virtual semester. Planned Senior Week and will be responsible for planning Brown Class of 2022 five year reunion. Brown University Pre-dental Society, President Providence RI (2018-2022) Spearheaded the “Oral Health for the Elderly” initiative to provide oral hygiene training sessions to caretakers at nursing homes, working with the Oral Health Program at RI Department of Health. Organized community service RI Mission of Mercy, inter-school conferences, and panels inviting dental students and dentists to inspire pre-dentals. Research Experience Oral Health for Ob/Gyn Residents and Medical Students, Grant Recipient, NY (2024-2026) Was awarded the 2024 Columbia University Provost Grant for Innovative Course Design, working with the Vice Chair of Education and Residency Program Director in the Department of Ob/Gyn to develop an educational module “Oral Health and Pregnancy” to be delivered to Ob/Gyn residents and medical students during their MCY clerkship for the 2025 calendar year and to incorporate dental care into routine prenatal care through a streamlined prenatal dental referral for patients in the ambulatory care network clinics where students and residents serve as providers. Lipton Narrative Medicine Fellow Columbia University, NY (2023-present) Awarded $7000 to develop pilot research project assessing the introduction of basic pillars of narrative medicine into Columbia University first-year dental curriculum, including the experience of close reading, reflective writing and sharing with peers. Conducted literature review, wrote IRB proposal, designed survey, collected data. Harvard School of Dental Medicine Global Health Starter Kit Author Boston MA (2021-2022) Working with Dr. Seymour, Global Health Discipline Director at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, to spearhead the development of two new modules "COVID-19: Global Lessons for a Global Profession" and “Global Health for Pre-dental Students,” within Harvard School of Dental Medicine's Global Health Starter Kit, a competency-based global health ‘starter’ curriculum designed for dental educators and students. View the previous five modules here . Bottle-Feeding Case Study Research, Second Main-Writer Annandale NJ (2017-2018) Studied anterior crossbite correction through bottle-feeding under Dr. Zhu and Dr. Rosivack at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Contacted hospitals, collected data, obtained reference photos, generated diagrams, wrote and revised drafts of published case report “Early Correction of Anterior Crossbite Through Bottle Feeding.” Sobel Causality and Mind Lab, Research Assistant Providence RI (2020-2022) Investigating children’s reasoning and social cognition by designing and drawing digital storyboards for experiments, coding, transcribing, and interpreting data, creating graphics and diagrams for research papers with photoshop and powerpoint. Conducted independent study and designed an experiment from scratch to study praise's effects on children's motivation, which became part of Senior Thesis. Harvard School of Dental Medicine ASDA, Dental Advocacy Fellow Boston MA (2020-present) Researching links between oral and mental health such as eating disorders and depression, creating educational materials on ways for HSDM students to get involved in community-based dental clinics, spearheading project on children’s oral health education to increase accessibility for families with language barriers and poor internet access. Leadership and Outreach Research Experience Dental & Healthcare Experience Clinical Experience Dental Associates of RI, Dental Assistant & Practice Coordinator Johnston RI (2021-2022) Provided quality chair-side assisting while spearheading new practice innovations: Integrated music therapy to reduce dental fear and anxiety. Transitioned practice to paperless operations to increase efficiency. Redesigned website, created graphics, optimized SEO. Implemented social media strategy, featuring therapy dogs, teambuilding and staff interactions, community-based involvement and partnerships, and patient engagement. Mercer Oral Surgery, Surgical Assistant Hamilton NJ (Summer 2020) Chair-side assisted in oral and maxillofacial surgeries such as general anesthesia, bone grafts, implants, wisdom teeth extractions, biopsies, alveoloplasty by suctioning, irrigating, preparing sutures, retracting, and more. Sterilized and disinfected instruments and operating rooms, maintaining a clean environment during COVID-19. Hunterdon Family Dental Care, Dental Assistant and Receptionist Lebanon NJ (2015-present) Provided quality care to patients through chair-side assisting, sterilizing and disinfecting operatories, preparing procedures like crowns, bridges, veneers, root canals, implants, Invisalign. Assisted in operating new CEREC 3D scanning and milling technology. Rebuilt new website , optimized SEO and rankings, redesigned office logo and PR, managed advertising and hiring campaigns. Rhode Island Free Clinic, Dental Assistant Volunteer Providence RI (2019-2020) Volunteered in newly established dental clinic to provide service to uninsured low-income adults through chair-side assisting, sterilizing and disinfecting dental operatories, charting medical records and treatment plan options. National and State Appointments NYSDA Substance Abuse and Well-being Committee, ASDA Representative Appointed as student representative to New York State Dental Association, providing student perspective on substance use and well-being (education, patient care, finding support services, etc.). Wrote article related to substance abuse or addiction on an ASDA and/or NYSDA publication. Collaborated with NYSDA staff to develop social media posts to educate NYSDA membership on related issues. ADA National Fluoridation Advisory Committee, ASDA Representative (2024-2026) Appointed as student representative on the American Dental Association National Fluoridation Advisory Committee (NFAC) for the 2024-26 term to assist in providing evidence-based fluoridation assistance to the Membership and public at-large. The committee serves as the go-to resource to respond to misinformed anti-fluoridation efforts and to assist community water fluoridation startups in communities across the US. ACU AAP Community Health Center Pediatric Working Group, Representative (2024-present) Served with American Academy of Pediatrics and Association for Clinicians of Underserved working group on relevant initiatives including: 1) early childhood primary care promotion and prevention, surveillance and screening, brief interventions, referrals, and care coordination. 2) implementation and initiatives tailored to CHCs that may create sustainability opportunities for a high-quality and holistic early childhood continuum of care. 3) Identification of yet-to-be-determined collaborative opportunities to promote a high-quality and holistic care 4) early childhood continuum of care and its alignment with AAP recommendations. 5) Consultation on established strategies previously used to improve developmental screening and referral and team-based, integrated care in community health center settings. 6) Consultation on practice transformation coaching strategies engaging health centers to improve early childhood development access to care, clinical team value-based care practices and long-term health American Student Dental Association District 2 Outstanding Advocate Recipient (2022) ADA Give Vets a Smile, ASDA Representative (2024-2026) Appointed as student representative on one-year term on the ADA Give Veterans A Smile (GVAS) National Advisory Committee. The committee is an advisory committee to the ADA’s Department of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy, and is responsible for providing strategic advice to the Department with respect to matters of concern in the provision of care for veterans. Teaching and Education Education and Teaching Experience Lipton Interprofessional Research and Education, Grant Developer and Student Advisor New York, NY (2024) Spearheaded the development of the Lipton Interprofessional Research and Education Fellowship, a grant awarding collaboration between Columbia University College of Dental Medicine students with professional schools at Columbia such as Medicine, Social Work, Nursing, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science, to create and implement projects that enhance students' educational experiences. Columbia Dental Medicine Oral Histology, Academic Liaison New York NY (2024-present) Led lab sessions for Oral Histology course for 2nd year dental students at Columbia Dental Medicine. Reviewed key histological landmarks in the craniofacial region, drawing comparisons between developmental and embryonical structures to anatomical landmarks. Reviewed lecture content and connected it to lab content. Columbia Dental Prosthodontics Course, Teaching Assistant New York NY (2024-present) Guided second-year dental students in hands-on laboratory sessions covering complete dentures, removable partial dentures, and implant prosthodontics. Provided one-on-one instruction, technique demonstrations, and feedback to support skill development in pre-clinical fixed and removable prosthodontics. Collaborated with faculty to reinforce didactic concepts and enhance student learning Columbia Dental Medicine Cariology, Teaching Assistant (2025-2026) Assisted in the instruction of first-year dental students by grading quizzes, assignments, and essays. Supported course faculty in reviewing lecture content and preparing the final exam. Topics covered included oral microbiology, histopathology, immunology, nutrition and diet, salivary physiology, EPIC and CAMBRA caries risk assessment, dental erosion, and dentifrice science. Helped reinforce foundational knowledge critical to caries prevention and management. Columbia IYRC Medicine and Research Program, Teaching Fellow New York NY (2023-present) Taught high school students from around the world foundational medical topics focusing on public health relevance (STI, substance use, diabetes, mental health). Held weekly office hours, facilitated discussions, acted as standardized patients for students, and created lectures on Eating Disorders, Art in Medicine, and Oral Systemic Link for students. PrincetoNow Education Services Inc., Senior Essay Specialist Princeton NJ (2018-present) Guided students in developing, editing, and polishing application essays. Interviewed students about talents and interests, helped formulate extracurricular activities and career goals. Provided mock interviews. Children’s Medical Foundation, Fellowship Associate Summer Intern Hong Kong, China (2019) Implemented and executed CMF 2019 Social Impact Fellowship through curriculum and logistical development. Generated and managed communications and social media strategy through platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Salesforce. Designed promotional material, signage, and invitations for branding and marketing. Huaxia Bridgewater Chinese School, Guzheng Class Co-Founder and Teacher Bridgewater NJ (2014-2018) Co-founded the first guzheng (21-stringed Chinese harp) class at Huaxia Chinese school for children age 6-13. Led students to perform in Bridgewater Rehabilitation Center, Somerville Heritage Festival, Patriots Baseball Stadium. Invited Talks and Conference Presentations “Creating Your Own Ice Cream Flavor” – TEDx Speaker at Brown University (Providence, RI, 2022) – Access full talk here “Columbia Mobile Dental Clinic: Reducing Barriers to Care” - American Dental Association Smile Conference (Orlando, Florida - 2023) “COVID-19: Global Lessons for a Global Profession” - American Public Health Association Annual Conference (Atlanta, Georgia – 2023) “Does the position of a bottle during infant feeding influence the jaw's postural position? - Columbia Birnberg Day Research Conference “Painting Metaphors in Medicine” - International Young Researcher’s Conference (Tokyo, Japan - 2023) – Access presentation here “Oral Health Education – Global Voices for Global Action” Youth Voices: The Future of Global Oral Health Conference (NYU College of Dentistry - 2024) “American Dental Association – Be the Voice of the Tooth Party Advocacy Panel” American Student Dental Association National Leadership Conference (Chicago, IL – 2024) “American Dental Association – Conversations with the New Dentist Committee” American Dental Association Lobby Day (Washington, DC – 2025) “Give Veterans a Smile” American Dental Association Lobby Day (Washington, DC – 2025) “Pathways to Advocacy” University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (Philadelphia, PA – 2025) “Oral Health and Pregnancy” National Oral Health Conference (Orlando, FL – 2025) “A Needs Assessment for Narrative Medicine in Dentistry” Columbia Birnberg Conference (New York, NY – 2025) Scholarships and Grant Support National Health Service Corps Scholarship Recipient – awarded 2 years of full tuition and monthly living stipend payments for dental school in exchange for practicing in a health professional shortage area after graduation (2022) 2024 Columbia University Provost Grant for Innovative Course Design: Awarded $2000 to develop “Oral Health and Pregnancy” an educational module for medical students in the Ob/Gyn clerkship Lipton Narrative Medicine in Dentistry Fellowship : Awarded $7000 to pilot a needs-assessment survey and research project for incorporating how Narrative Medicine can be implemented in the dental curriculum President’s Office - Columbia University Mental Health Initiative (MHI) received ~$5000 to paint an Interactive Mental Health Mural Capturing Interprofessional Perspectives. This award recognizes a commitment to fostering an inclusive understanding of mental health and promoting meaningful dialogue within the Columbia community. Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Title VII Predoctoral DDS-MPH Training Fellow for the Care of Special Needs and Vulnerable Persons and Populations (DDS-MPH Fellow/Scholar): Awarded 1 year of full tuition ($60,000) and additional stipend ($12,000) to pursue accelerated MPH with and monthly living stipend through CDM's program sponsored by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration’s Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Program award (Grant # D85HP45708). American Institute of Public Health Action Equity Trailblazer Student Research Award – awarded $1000 for “her significant contribution to groundbreaking research on the impact of bottle feeding positioning on the development and correction of anterior crossbite, addressing oral health disparities and promoting equity.” (2024) American Public Health Association Student Assembly Liaison of the Year Scholarship – awarded scholarship to travel and attend APHA Annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia (2023) Community Health Center Pediatric Workgroup Stipend Award – awarded $1100 to take part in American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved's (ACU) working group (2023) American Student Dental Association District 2 Outstanding Advocate Recipient (2022) American Student Dental Association District 1-3 Legislative Liaison of the Year Recipient (2024) Brown University Undergraduate Research and Teaching Award Recipient – received $2500 stipend to conduct developmental psychology research for senior thesis (2021) Publications and Published Writing “COVID-19: Global Lessons for a Global Profession” Zhang B., Zokaie T. Module 7: COVID-19- Global Lessons for a Global Profession In: Toward Competency-Based Best Practices for Global Health in Dental Education: A Global Health Starter Kit 2nd Edition. Senior editor Seymour B., Assistant editors Clem B, Ramesh N, Suri D., Advisory editor Barrow J. A project of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Global Oral Health Interest Group and Harvard School of Dental Medicine; 2022. Available at: https://hsdm.harvard.edu/global-health-starter-kit “Does the position of a bottle during infant feeding influence the jaw's postural position?” Zhu H, Zhang B, Rosivack RG. Does the position of a bottle during infant feeding influence the jaw's postural position?. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2019;37(4):405-408. doi:10.4103/JISPPD.JISPPD_91_18 Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31710017/ “Eating Disorders and Oral Health” Zhang B, (2024) "N Y State Dent J November 2024," The New York State Dental Journal: Vol. 90 No. 5., Article 3. Available at: https://issuu.com/brownst303/docs/nysdj_augsept24_final Published Writing Contour Magazine “Don’t Forget to Advocate for You” (2023) Columbia Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education “Our Body is an Earth” (2022) Music Accolades Music Accolades Performance Locations Carnegie Hall (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) The First Baptist Church in America (2022) Metropolitan Museum of Art (2015, 2016) McCarter Theater (2015) Drew University (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2019) Westminster Choir College (2016, 2017) Rutgers Nicholas Center (2014, 2018) Awards and Honors Gold Prize, Sinovision Television Teen's Talent Competition (2017) Self-composition "Journey" and "Dancing in Snowflakes" performed by MFCYO Orchestra at Drew University (2017-2018) 4th Place, Central China TV Talent Competition (2017) Grand Prize, National League of Performing Arts Young Musician's Showcase Competition (2015) 1st Place, Princeton International Chinese Music Competition Award (2014) 1st Place, New Jersey Music Teacher's Association Young Musician's Competition (2014-2016) Art Accolades Art Accolades Intima Journal of Narrative Medicine “Buckets of Oxygen, Buckets of Love” (2023) Brown Journal of Medical Humanities “A Thank You to Our Donors” (2023) Brown University Bookstore Artist “Brunoscapes” (2022) Columbia Pathology and Cell Biology Newsletter “Histology of Central Park” (2023) New York Times interview “Honoring the Body Donors Who Are a Medical Student’s ‘First Patient” (2023) National ACP Internal Medicine Meeting – artwork presented in talk by Dr. Esquitin from Columbia University Harvard Medical School - artwork presented in anatomy lectures by Dr. Sabine Hildebrant Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs "Time Capsule" Exhibit (2021) Brown University Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs "Time Capsule" Exhibit (2021) Winner, International Fund for Animal Welfare Competition U.S. Winner: selected for publication in the yearly calendar (2016) See Art Portfolio Skills Certificates Mental Health First Aid Basic Life Support and CPR Fluent in Mandarin (writing, reading, speaking) Digital art (Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint) Infographics (Canva) Music composition and mixing (Studio One 3, Musescore) Filmmaking and Video Editing (Adobe Premiere) Excel and Powerpoint. For more info about me, check out: Art Portfolio Time Lapse Art Music Compositions My Guzheng Story My Dental Journey My Asian Identity

Hi I'm Bree (she/hers), an aspiring artist, musician, and dentist! I graduated from Brown, receiving a degree in Psychology (ScB) with Honors, and I am pursuing a DMD at Columbia College of Dental Medicine! Intro Teaching Event Planning Art Music Dentistry Contact Me About Me Introduction Hi I'm Bree, she/hers)! I graduated from Brown, receiving a degree in Psychology (ScB) with Honors, and I am pursuing a DDS at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine--read about my dental journey here ! My favorite animal (coincidentally my zodiac animal) is the dragon and I am the HUGEST fan of Studio Ghibili movies (Princess Mononoke is my <3). In my free time, I enjoy playing the guzheng ( 古筝), oil painting and digital painting, composing music, writing short stories, going on morning runs, learning Tiktok shuffles, and trying new sports like ice skating, frisbee, and ballroom dancing! Things I Like to Do! Teaching Teaching There's something magical about giving someone your knowledge and watching the crazily amazing things they do with it. I first fell in love with teaching in 2014 when I co-founded a guzheng class for children. Later, in college, I found an opportunity to work as a college counselor and essay editor with Princetonow Education Services, advising and helping students develop their passions. However, I always loved working with children. It's like planting a seed and watching it take root and grow up. So I joined a developmental psychology lab, Causality and Mind Lab at Brown, studying how children think, learn, and interact with the world. This past April, I finally finished my senior thesis on "Effects of Different Praise on Children's Motivation"!🦷 Event Planning & Student Government They say you'll forget your grades, but you won't forget your people. During my time at Brown, being Co-President of the Class of 2022 and a Orientation Leader gave me a wonderful and humbling opportunity to be a "Matchmaker" to create spaces and chances for new friendships and relationships 👀 to form (favorite memories include apple picking, ice skating, Gala, and the senior organ concert)! Now, at Columbia, I am the President of the Class of 2026 and work to continue to foster connections while communicating with deans and admin to best support our class! Event Planning Art To me, art is dreaming of weird things. Art is believing in yourself when no one else does. Art is reflecting on your tragedies and successes. Art is growing as a human. Art is confusing and messy and befuddling. Art is harsh and unforgiving but it can be comforting and lovely. Art is cool! View my artwork , watch my time-lapse paintings , or consider buying my artwork at the Brown University Bookstore! Art Selling Artwork at the Underground Market At the Create@Brown ArtMart Brown Bookstore Music I'm a musician and composer. Music has allowed me to connect with my culture. It has given me space to heal from my eating disorder. I'm always trying new ways to play my guzheng (古筝). Recently, I've discovered a new passion for music improvisation and spontaneous storytelling . Read more about my guzheng story or listen to my most recent compositions ! Music Spotify Dentistry Most people just see teeth, but I see dentistry as this glowing, overlapping, breathing ecosystem of all my passions: art, music, science, public health, global health, psychology, and education. Read more to find out about why I'm passionate about dentistry. Dentistry Hunterdon Family Dental Care Rhode Island Free Clinic Dental Associates of Rhode Island For more info about me, check out: Art Portfolio Time Lapse Art Music Compositions Why Dentistry Music Arrangements My Asian Identity Contact Me Contact Me Send Success! Message received. Spotify

Most people just see teeth 🦷, but I see a glowing ecosystem of all my passions: art, music, science, psychology, public health, global health, and education. Bree Zhang - Aspiring Artist, Musician, Dentist Why Dentistry? I decided to make an artwork to answer the question Watch my TedXTalk for a more personal version of the story To me, dentistry is like painting an artwork or composing a guzheng 古筝 song: both require sensitivity of touch, creative visualization, and the ability to sculpt not just the intricate details but also the larger symphony of what our mouth’s blank canvas can become: the smile. 😁 Dental art is also a science. It requires a thorough understanding of how dentistry’s “paints” react, solidify, and set according to different temperatures, moisture levels, time frames and mixtures, whether it is the chemical reaction of alginate (drawn as d-mannuronic acid and l-guluronic acid ), or the blue-light stimulated 3d polymerization of composite resin in restorative fillings. That's when my organic and inorganic chemistry knowledge 🧪 merges with my love for biology🧬 , from the aromatic ring in lidocaine improving lipid solubility, to fluoride-assisted remineralization of enamel (depicted as Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 +2F− → Ca10(PO4)6(F)2 + 2OH− ). One of my favorite “biologies” is microbiology. 🦠 The oral cavity is an entryway, living environment, and source of replication for millions of microbes (I’ve drawn a few: SARS COV-2, HIV, E. Coli, Pneumococcus, Diphtheria, Tetanus, etc ), some of which have sparked major epidemics and pandemics. This oral-systemic link is where my interest in science “flows” into the heart and lungs of my passion for public health. 🏥 I’ve seen how the mouth is often the first place to detect disease, cancers, and immune system dysfunction; how poor oral health is linked with heart disease, diabetes, COVID-19, Alzheimer's, and other synergistic diseases rooted in socioeconomic circumstances. 😷 Given that dental decay is the most common disease in the world, and that cumulative national costs 💵 for dental treatment in many countries are higher than those for cancers and heart disease, I hope to be advocating for policies that not only increase upstream prevention and integration (depicted by superior vena cava flowing up to globe ) but also prioritize resource conservation and our fragile relationship with Planet Earth. 🌎 Public health cannot be improved without improving oral health, but the “heart” 💗 (aortic artery flowing upwards in "Why Dentistry" artwork) of our health is also connected to our brain, which is where my love for psychology comes into the picture. 🧠 Our mental health influences oral health through biological channels (systemic inflammation and hormonal imbalance) and psychosocial channels (motivation, social habits, dental fear and anxiety). Meanwhile, our oral health reciprocally affects our mental health by impacting our ability to eat, talk, work, sleep, and smile: a key to confidence, identity, and social mobility. As a dentist, I hope to use tools of psychology to restructure phobias and integrate art and music therapy into dental settings--returning full circle to my favorite multi-colored “hues'' and “melodies.” 🎨🎵 The dental field is growing at such a fast rate. With a passion for teaching 📚, I hope shape the dental curriculum so that cultural competency is not just a strength but a fundamental core principle. So that mental-health informed dental care is always built from acknowledging social determinants of health. So that we can work collaboratively with all disciplines to tackle the global burden of oral disease. So when people ask me “why do you want to be a dentist?” I say that “not just a dentist but an oral health physician 🩺, an oral health advocate 💪, and an oral health educator 📖." And who knows--maybe I’ll be adding more pieces to my “why dentistry” painting in four years. About Me as an NHSC Scholar On September 8th, I received my official award letter from the National Health Corps Scholarship!! The National Health Corps Scholarship provides financial support for full-time enrollment in an eligible primary care health professions degree training program between 2 yrs and up to 4 school years, covering tuition, reasonable educational costs, and monthly stipends for living expenses. After graduation, scholars devote time practicing in a HPSA (health professional shortage area) for the years they receive the scholarship. I am very blessed for this unique opportunity. Dental disease is a neglected epidemic: more than 1/3 of low-income adults avoid smiling and face employment difficulties due to the state of their teeth. Dental pain has been reported to affect up to 30% of adults, which also impacts their ability to sleep, eat, work, and take care of their children. Right now, about 49 million Americans live in communities that have been designated dental professional shortage areas. It’s so important to address and fix the geographical shortages of dental providers, BUT we must also think about the roots of the problem: a segregated healthcare system, a treatment over prevention culture, policies that perpetuate other social disparities in education, food access, & more. Beyond just practicing in a HPSA, I hope to continue pushing for increased dental access and prevention/education on the upstream policy level. NHSC Scholarship NHSC Scholarship NHSC Scholarship NHSC Scholarship 1/6 Click to see full perspective. Infographics explaining more about NHSC Scholarhip Learn how I've tackled global oral health Learn about my work in prevention and education Learn how I've merged art and music with dentistry . Learn how I conceptualize patient-centered care For more info about me, check out: My Publications Harvard Global Health Starter Kit co-author, 2nd author of bottle feeding case study My Art Portfolio Sold by Brown University Bookstore and featured on Columbia's Global Consortium of Climate Health Infographics Infographics that explain medical/dental concepts, tackle advocacy, and educate patients! Dental Art & Music How I combine music therapy and art to heal and educate patients! My Notes! You are free to download any of my notes, tree diagrams, and summary flow charts for medical and dental school! College Reflections My five key takeaways + lessons from Brown University: the goods, bads, and funs! Asian Identity Reflections on what it means to be Asian American and my struggles with my identity Music Compositions Performed 5 times in Carnegie Hall, 2 times in the Metropolitan Museum, 2 times in McCarter Theatre About Me! A little intro about me, my hobbies, my interests, and what inspires me! Contact Me Contact Me Send Success! Message received.

View my work in advocacy and service, including implementing nation-wide voter registration contests, sprearheading scholarship programs, and leading community service projects teaching oral health to children and elderly, Anterior Crossbite Research Council on Advocacy ASDA District 2 Brown Pre-dental Society Advocacy and Service Projects Initiatives as ASDA National Council on Advocacy Chair In 2024-2025, I served as the Chair of the American Student Dental Association National Council on Advocacy, which represents the interests of dental students on legislative and regulatory issues that impact the dental profession. The council launches grassroots initiatives to promote action-oriented advocacy in support of dental students and the patients they serve. Lobby Day Prep Webinar Created a Lobby Day Prep Webinar and presented it across dental students nationally, which was redistributed and presented at the district level, covering topics such as: 1. Basics of Congress 2. ASDA lobbying victories 3. How lobbying impacts patient outcomes 4. How to be an effective lobbyist 5. Mock congressional meeting Other Initiatives Grassroots Initiatives • Connections with Legislative Liaisons. Council members held orientation calls, sent emails, and communicated with leaders to share information, answer questions, and serve as a resource. o Legislative coordinators scheduled quarterly virtual meetings with chapter legislative liaisons in their regions, named “Policy Huddles,” to share national advocacy updates and facilitate a space for conversations about local advocacy initiatives. o The council created a Google Drive folder for Legislative Liaisons to access PowerPoint templates for events, advocacy event ideas, ASDA Advocacy and Molar Bear graphics, advocacy guides, and more. National Initiatives Legislative and Regulatory Issues • The council determined ASDA’s support to sign onto 3 coalition letters regarding: o Support for the Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program o Support for tax policies that directly benefit small business dental practices, dentists, and dental students o Concerns with restructuring plans for the National Institutes of Health o Concerns with the ruling in Food & Water Watch v. EPA, which ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to provide stricter regulations for community water fluoridation • In addition, the council determined following bills to be displayed on ASDA Action noting ASDA’s support or monitoring status. These included: H.R. 1125 / S. 469 STUDENT Act, H.R. 1371 Student Loan Disclosure Transparency Act of 2023, H.R. 1731 LOAN Act, H.R. 1842 / S. 1004 Student Loan Tax Elimination Act, H.R. 4139 Student Loan Refinancing Act, H.R. 6077 POST GRAD Act, H.R. 1202 / S. 704 REDI Act-Deferring Student Loan Interest for Residents, S. 862 Restoring America’s Health Care Workforce and Readiness Act, S. 2172 Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2023, H.R. 590 / S. 109 Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act, H.R. 994 / S. 403 Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2023, H.R. 2410 VET CARE Act of 2023, H.R. 2413 Dental Care for Veterans Act, H.R. 2559 Strengthening Community Care Act of 2023, H.R. 3380 HEADs UP Act of 2023, H.R. 3701 Foster Youth Dental Act of 2023, H.R. 3843 Action for Dental Health Act of 2023, H.R. 1342 / S. 570 Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2023, H.R. 2569 DOC Act, S. 2402 Gateway to Careers Act of 2023, H.R. 1385 DOC Access Act of 2023, H.R. 1422 SMILED Act, H.R. 1671 Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act, S. 1424 A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans, and for other purposes, H.R. 3633 PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2023. Donut Forget to Vote Spreadheaded a successful ASDA National Advocacy Initiative called “Donut Forget to Vote!”, a voter registration contest aimed at encouraging dental students across the country to register to vote. Over 1,400 students participated, making it the largest turnout in any ASDA advocacy initiative to date. Each dental chapter submitted the names of students who registered or were already registered to vote. Chapters competed to achieve highest percentage of registered voters. The top three chapters were awarded monetary prizes—$150 for first place, $100 for second, and $50 for third—and featured in the ASDA Advocacy Brief. In addition to facilitating this contest, the Council on Advocacy developed: Voting “How to Vote” guide to support student engagement and participation, Voter Registration Drive Resources for Chapters. Encouraged students to look up the platforms of their representatives via ASDA Action, a site that allows students search up their congressmen and see how they voted on key issues. Barriers to Care Worked with Council on Advocacy to develop infographic series talking about barriers to care, including financial, geographic, cultural, insurance, and oral health literacy barriers. Created social media campaign collecting different dental students' submissions on barriers to care, what it means to them, and advocacy to address them. Council on Advocacy Initiatives as ASDA District 2 Legislative Liaison District 2 Advocacy Scholarship Spearheaded first District 2 Advocacy Scholarship Program This program ran from 2023-2024, open to dental students in New York and New Jersey. Designed a point-based application system to incentivize grassroots engagement, including events, legislator outreach, and social media advocacy. Award included Lobby Day attendance and a travel stipend. This scholarship program's goal was to: increase accessibility for attendance of advocacy events for students passionate and deeply involved in advocacy. encourage creative ways for students to use the scholarship, such as hosting events, creating advocacy designs, and promoting advocacy on social media. In 2025, put together a project proposal form to develop a district advocacy scholarship on the national level. Public Health in Dentistry Panel Organized a successful collaboration between ASDA and APHA (American Public Health Association) to host a Zoom panelist event highlighting different ways to get involved in public health, from private practice level to community to state to federal level. Total of 128 registrants and around 80 attendees. Learning objectives for students: Define different levels of advocacy and their relation to public health Advocacy on a patient level Advocacy on a community levet Advocacy on a federal level Understand different career pathways and ways to incorporate public health into their professional practice. (Examples: community health center, teaching/education in school, private practice, lobbying/policy, public health organization or state department) Recognize opportunities to get involved in public health and advocacy right now (population oral health management) - every dentist’s job. Examples: joining public health-focused organizations (APHA, NNOHA, AAPHD), educating patients, doing public health focused research, joining state dental organizations, attending lobby day events and bringing a public health focus to advocacy topics. Advocacy Pre-Dental Fellow Spearheaded Columbia ASDA initiative to recruit pre-dentals to work with our advocacy/ legislative committee to create infographics and raise awareness on dental advocacy topics and public health issues such as fluoridation, Medicaid, licensure, population based prevention strategies, and more! Here are past infographics designed by our fellows, posted on the Columbia ASDA instagram! Student Loan Reform Act Expanding the Medicaid Dental Benefits Act The REDI Act Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Our presentations on oral health advocacy topics: Here is an example of a presentation we have used in the past to present to pre-dental societies! This past fall, our advocacy committee, together with pre-dentals, presented "Advocacy 101" to pre-dental chapters including UMich, Hopkins, UPenn, Tufts, Cal Poly Pomona, UConn, Northeastern, UNO, Hunter, Indiana, UC-Irvine, NJIT, UOregon, Brown, and USF. ASDA District 2 Initiatives as Brown Pre-dental Society President Oral Health Education for Children I started an initiative “Oral Health Education for Children” teaching local elementary schoolers about the importance of oral health, proper oral hygiene & dietary habits, and fluoride benefits through virtual games like kahoot and jeopardy. Concurrently, I was working with children and conducting research on praise at the Causality and Mind Lab. Praise is important in motivating children to maintain good oral hygiene and diet, so my research was informative in how I developed and delivered presentations to children. Oral Health for the Elderly In 2021, I spearheaded an initiative “Oral Health for the Ederly,” working together with the Oral Health Program at RI Department to provide oral hygiene training sessions to caretakers at nursing homes. Communicating with Dr. Zwethckenbaum, Director of RI Dept Oral Health, I worked on/revised a powerpoint on causes of gum disease & tooth decay, proper set-up and maintenance of teeth, dentures and partials, dealing with residents with dementia, parkinsons and paralysis, and identifying 10 types of oral pathologies. (worked with 46 nursing homes) Links: Powerpoint to train nursing staff Daily Oral Hygiene Record for Nursing Staff Monthly Oral Hygiene Record for Nursing Staff Brown Pre-dental Society More About Me! Why Dentistry About me as an NHSC Scholar, TedX Speaker, Advocacy Award Recipient My Art Portfolio Sold by Brown University Bookstore and featured on Columbia's public health website My Infographics Advocacy infographics featured on Columbia and Harvard ASDA pages. Music Compositions Performed 5 times in Carnegie Hall, 2 times in the Metropolitan Museum, 2 times in McCarter Theatre Dental Art & Music How I combine music therapy and art to heal and educate patients! My Asian Identity Reflections on what it means to be Asian American and my struggles with my identity About Me Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more updates! Follow me on Spotify! Spotify

Download (for free!) my notes, tree diagrams, and summary drawings from medical and dental school! Bree's Notes Click on each picture to access the PDF or presentation for download! (Resolution will be clearer once downloaded) Endodontics Orthodontics Oral Pathology In this study guide, click on each circle to see a summary "one pager" of the disease, symptoms, oral manifestations, treatment. You can zoom in and out as you see fit! Viewing on computer allows to you move between sections most easily Oral Histology Cardiology Summary of all the EKGs with annotations below to quiz yourself Gastroenterology + Anatomy Summary of GI & Liver diseases GI Anatomy Summary Neurology Neuro Part 1 Full Study Guide lectures 1-31 Neuro Part 2 Full Study Guide lectures 32-56 Seizures and Epilepsy Neuroinflammation, Infection, and Demyelination Neuropediatrics Neoplasms Pharmacology ADME Summary Receptors Pharmacokinetics + Equations Drugs GI Epithelium + Diuresis NSAIDS Immunology Innate Immunity and Antigen Diversity Summary B Cell, T Cell, MHC Summary CD4, CD8, NK and Tolerance Microbiology and Infectious Disease Parasite Summary Virus Summary Antibiotics Summary Protein Synthesis Inhibitors Respiratory vs Heart vs Urinary Infections Staph and Strep Infections Anaerobes and Enteric Infections Anatomy (more to be uploaded) Heart Anatomy GI Anatomy Eye Summary Brachial Plexus Cranial Nerves Pharynx Summary More About Me! Why Dentistry How I found dentistry through psychology, music, art, public health, education, and more! My Art Portfolio Sold by Brown University Bookstore and featured on Columbia's Global Consortium of Climate Health Asian Identity Reflections on what it means to be Asian American and my struggles with my identity My Publications Harvard Global Health Starter Kit co-author, 2nd author of bottle feeding case study Music Compositions Performed 5 times in Carnegie Hall, 2 times in the Metropolitan Museum, 2 times in McCarter Theatre College Reflections My five key takeaways + lessons from Brown University: the goods, bads, and funs! Dental Art & Music How I combine music therapy and art to heal and educate patients! Infographics Infographics that explain medical/dental concepts, tackle advocacy, and educate patients! Pageantry Miss Chinese Pageant 2018 2nd Runner up, Miss Talent 2018, Laihing Jewelry Winner About Me Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more updates! Follow me on Spotify! Spotify

My reflections, struggles, and realizations about my Asian identity. A story of bananas, gaslighting, love, hate, internalized racism, guzheng, and more. Bree Zhang - Aspiring Artist, Musician, Dentist Banana Bree Love & Hate Not Like Other Asians Why am I Lonely? Claiming Soil What's Next? Just Like Other Asians My Asian Identity Banana Bree Phase Growing up, many children want to be astronauts, teachers, doctors. I wanted to be a “banana.” Yellow on the outside by default of genetics, white on the inside by choice. My mother always told me, “You can’t change your skin, but you can decide how you act." Living in a very white town, I took that as encouragement to push away my Asianness away. Asians = nerdy? I pretended to be stupid. My Chinese food = smelled "weird"? I ate school lunches. Asians = "unathletic”? I made volleyball my life. I called myself Bree Zang, the Americanized pronunciation of my last name “Zh āng” 张 (pronounced: J āhng). It never occurred to me to say it any differently. Why pronounce it correctly when people make a weird face then ask “why do you spell it Zhang when it’s not pronounced that way?” Funnily, the closest an American came to pronouncing my last name was when they asked “Did your parents drop pots and pans down the stairs and listen to the sounds to name you? Ding dong. Ching Chong. Bree Jong ?” I don’t name this experience to get pity for myself because this is a common Asian American experience. (“Oh, you got the slanted eye jokes?” “I got the jokes about eating dogs.” “Oh! You wanted to have blonde hair too?” “Blue eyes for me.”) I name this experience because I want to tell the story of how I tripped, fell, and found my way to my identity. It started with the 古筝 (guzheng). Love & Hate Love, Hate, Gaslight Up until highschool, I was always ashamed to let others know I was playing the guzheng, but things changed in 2014 when I began teaching guzheng at my Chinese School. There, I realized that if I wanted my students to be proud of themselves, I first had to first at least accept my Chinese background myself. So I started playing the guzheng in front of white friends, bringing it out during volleyball sleepovers as they recorded me on their snapchat stories. But instead of fully accepting my Asianness, I weaponized my Asianness. I used “I’m so Asian!” and as a way to be funny—a knife against myself. I acted in ways to jokingly confirm Asian stereotypes because at least I was getting attention from people, and didn’t attention mean that I wouldn’t be alone? Instead of fully accepting my Asianness, I commodified my Asianness. During college application season, I wrote my common app essay about teaching my guzheng students and spreading my Chinese culture. I painted myself as a girl who celebrated herself and the Chinese heritage sung by her students’ guzheng strings. I wasn’t lying. Everything written in the essay was true. But it’s funny how I could simultaneously love my Asianness yet be ashamed of it. I embraced my Chinese culture—calligraphy, music, history, language—but I was ashamed that my parents had accents or that I watched anime. I loved my guzheng, but still, I avoided performing solos in “Qipao” or traditional chinese wear because I thought Western gowns fit me better, made me look more beautiful. It was as if I selectively compartmentalized my Asianness into different drawers, rejecting, accepting, and hiding different slices of myself. "I'm Not Like Other Asians" This simultaneous self-love and shame led me to adopt a “I’m not like other Asians” attitude in college, similar to the “I’m not like other girls” attitude. Yes, I was proud of my Asianness, but no —I wasn’t like those other Asians who just hung out with their own Asian friends. I thought was different , I was “special.” I played the guzheng, not the piano or violin. I was heavily invested in arts and humanities, so not the typical Asian STEM pre-med (reflecting back, this fixation is extra r idiculous because almost every Brown pre-med I know is so multifaceted and eloquent in science and humanities). To assert my Asian-but-not-Asianness, I talked often about my guzheng, but I avoided large Asian gatherings and parties. I gravitated towards friends who were either white or other people of color. I even told myself “I can't have more than 1/5 of my close friends as Asians, but I can’t have 0 or else I’m too blatantly white,” as if my identity was a calculation, rather than an existence. Perhaps this is why, as a first-year, I started to feel a bit alienated and distant from my fellow Asians. Not Like Other Asians "Wait, why am I lonely?" It took little steps. It took reflecting on myself through art and music composition. Why I was lonely. Why I felt compulsions to avoid or seek out certain people. Recognizing these compulsions. Acknowledging that I was still on a journey to find peace with my identity, that I wasn’t the proud girl I wrote about in my common app essay. Why am I Lonely? Daydreams, 2020 It took meeting friends who were genuinely interested in not Bree Zang but Bree Zh āng. who were willing to venture beyond the tasty flavors of my culture but also the deeper grittier, darker parts. Who found pride in parts of me that I wasn’t proud of. It took meeting inspiring peers who were unapologetically wearing their own skin and identity. Listening to their struggles. Their realizations. Claiming Soil That's Not Solid One of my proudest moments in college was sophomore year when I made an artwork . selected for Brown University Science Center’s Annual Art Exhibit. At the exhibition’s opening talk, I decided—for the first time in my life—to say my last name 张 “Zhang” the real way. What does it mean to claim your name? To claim your space that—yes—you can belong here. Claiming Soil Sides of Me You Don't See , 2020 But what does it mean to return home every semester break and watch my mom trying to decide what food she can’t bring to work because 香菇 and 猪耳朵 “smell weird” to her American co-workers? What does it mean to still fight feelings of shame when my parents take too long pronouncing the words on a restaurant menu—and to remind myself that they’re not stupider because they have an accent. In fact, their accent makes them wiser and stronger. What does it mean being catcalled on the street and yelled at to “Go back to china?” and to be asked “do you eat bats?” while still feeling pressured to fit the model minority myth, which upholds a system that pits us against other people of color? What's Next? I still have a long journey ahead of me. While I fight for space, I must simultaneously recognize the space I take up . Being Asian, I have privileges that have been used to perpetuate racism and fabricate a racial hierarchy in America. Being East Asian, I have privileges that allow me to be represented and portrayed in the majority of the “Asian” experience, which tends to erase and marginalize other subgroups within the pan ethnic Asian narrative. I must continue to grapple with a history of colorism that persists in my own culture. I must continue to grapple with the concept of being Asian American not as a singular story but in a web of gender, sexuality, class, neurodiversity, generational trauma, and more. It’s a long journey ahead, but for now, I just want to focus on how far I’ve come. I no longer think “I’m not like other Asians .” What's Next? Stop Asian Hate, 2020 I Want to Be Like Other Asians I want to be like every other Asian because we’re all so cool, different, talented, inspiring, unique--and none of us are the same, and we can be hurtful, and we can be cruel, but we should be appreciated as human beings who encompass all these intersecting qualities. I know many of us are at different stages with our identity. I still struggle. Oftentimes, I feel the creeping fear as I slowly lose my language, as I forget certain words on my tongue because I haven’t used them in a while, and because I’m no longer speaking Mandarin with my parents as often. I try to remind myself to hold onto my words, to play the 古筝 more often, to savor my parents' cooking. Sometimes, I realize that my beliefs do not always align with some of the traditional Chinese values of our parents' generation. I realize I cannot deny their traumas and struggles that solidified their beliefs about conflict, social mobility, and equity. I realize I also cannot easily change their beliefs about mental health, gender, and sexuality. But I continue to have conversations to unpack, communicate, and translate. To understand them and have them understand me. It's an honor to be Chinese American, but it takes effort and intentionality to exist within both the "Chinese" and "American" without losing one or the other. That's the beautiful part of it as well. Just Like Other Asians Leveled Up! 😊 For more info about me, check out: Art Portfolio Time Lapse Art Music Compositions My Dental Journey Music Arrangements Buy Artwork Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for art/music updates! Follow me on Spotify! Spotify

Check out my compositions, from guzheng (古筝) solos, to vocal songs with guzheng as instrumental, to orchestral music made for my Chinese Orchestra, MFCYO. Bree Zhang - Aspiring Artist, Musician, Dentist Guzheng Solo Guzheng with Vocals Orchestral Compositions Compositions by Bree Zhang Spotify Guzheng Solo Growing Up This song addresses the joy, sadness, and beauty of growing up. It begins with a prelude of introspection and then transitions to the main melody filled with fun and playfulness, representing the innocence and unreserved happiness of our childhood. The melody gets faster and faster, just as we barrel through life faster and faster from crawling to walking, to running, to sprinting, but then…⁣ ⁣ Suddenly, our childhood is shattered. Suspended in uncertainty, we glance around, realizing that the world as we know it isn’t the same. Moving forward, the song takes a deeper tune, one that may be filled with shades of sadness, guilt, heartbreak, anxiety, fear. Yet we still advance forward, step-by-step. We grow, finding strength in our weaknesses and fears, learning how to live with our own inner demons, creating beauty from shattered glass: that's what’s called maturation. And, sometimes, we may look back to our old childhood memories with a bittersweet yet hopeful smile. It’s never the same but we can reminisce and appreciate our old memories. Metamorphosis Just as a caterpillar transforms to a butterfly, this piece describes my metamorphosis from a fumbling young girl into a determined young woman. I used to have confidence issues and always felt like a secondary character. However, music, art, story-writing, and my interactions with my culture helped to provide stepping stones which I slowly climbed until I gathered enough “nutrients'' to crystallize and form a cocoon of confidence. In this song, my moment of “metamorphosis” begins (2:08 to 3:14) when I realize how far I’ve come. It’s like an awakening, building to a point where I break free from my chrysalis with newfound wings, flying through the world with speed, energy, and power (represented by the song’s sudden increase in tempo and excitement from 3:16 to 4:13). As I fly, I realize how vast the world is, how many infinite possibilities exist for me to explore. However, the most important part of my metamorphosis (represented by the song’s slower finish 4:38 to end) is remembering to rest my wings at the end of the day so that I have time for reflection and introspection. Thus, as I wrap up my song with a slower yet purposeful finish, I am filled with a satisfaction of how much I’ve grown. Returning Home When I was younger, my grandma came all the way from China to help raise me. Not only did she ensure I was healthy and happy growing up, she also taught me about my Chinese culture and heritage, instilling in me values of gratitude, patience, and resilience.When I was 10, however, my grandmother had to return to China due to her declining health, and she never came back to America again. I missed her very much for several years, wishing I could see her again and show her how much I’d grown since she left. And in 2017, I was given the perfect chance: I found out I was returning to China for a guzheng talent competition and that I would be able to reunite with my grandmother before the competition. I was so elated and excited that I decided to write a song dedicated to my grandmother called “Returning Home.” The first section of my song (0:00 to 2:39) symbolizes my longing for my grandma. The allegro portion (2:39-4:00), which features my technical skills, symbolizes my excitement and anticipation of meeting her after so many years of separation. I also paired artwork with this piece. The first three works in this sequence show key points of my relationship with her, whether it was feeding fish above a pond in my hometown, blowing candles during my birthday, or simply laughing together. The last work features my happy reunion with her. That day, I was able to perform the song for her in person, and the smile on her face was another moment that I wanted to capture in memory forever. Guzheng with Vocals Guzheng with Vocals Daydreams It was very difficult writing, singing, and making art for this song because it brings me back to a time filled with insecurities, fears, loneliness, and self-loathing, a time when I didn’t know who I was, when I pretended to be someone I wasn’t, floundering in search of an identity, surrounding myself with people but feeling quite lonely, chipping away at myself with sweet lies until I almost believed them. However, I’m really glad I finally finished it because now I’m able to look back and confront it. To the girl in this song (Me Of the Past), she would’ve never imagined herself living the life featured at the end of this song (artwork which I paint in saturated beautiful colors), so it’s just yet another “daydream,” a beautiful lie she repeats to herself in hopes of seeing change. But someday, it will come true, someday :) In Ten Years “In Ten Years” is about facing rejection, standing up from it, and moving forward with no regrets. I was inspired by the many college rejections I received over the course of December to early March my senior year (prior to getting into Brown, which I honestly never expected to get into given my college track record). Each result I received was a blow to my confidence, and I started to question whether I was really capable or talented or intelligent. However, I eventually knew I needed a change, and instead of feeling sorry for myself, I decided to channel my feelings into an actual song and do something productive with it. This song, “In Ten Years,” was born as a result. It was my first time composing a song that included vocals, singing while playing the guzheng, and shooting and editing the film. In the end, I was able to learn many new things, and I will continue to move forward with my head held high. Orchestral Compositions Orchestral Compositions A Mother's Love 🥰This music composition and series of 12 art pieces (titled “A Mother’s Love”) is a tribute to my mother and all the other beautiful mothers in this world who have given us irreplaceable support, wisdom, care, and love since the day we were born, from changing our diapers, to teaching us how to walk, to comforting us when we are sad, to cheering on our successes, to supporting us even when we leave home to explore the world. No matter how old I become, I will always keep my mother in my heart and remember all the sacrifices and hardships she endured to provide me opportunities to grow, learn, and love. I love you 妈妈. Dancing in Snowflakes - Bree Zhang 00:00 / 00:00 A Journey in Retrospect - Bree Zhang 00:00 / 00:00 Dancing in Snowflakes “Dancing in Snowflakes” is written for my chinese orchestra, Music From China Youth Orchestra. It describes the care, grace, and empathy we must have to interact with snow without breaking its purity—whether we are in elation and power or in stillness and quietude. Although the song does have western elements, it takes on a predominantly ethnic theme from the pentatonic scale. Furthermore, it features several individual solos, from Hulusi to Erhu to Liuqin to Guzheng, and these instruments build on each other in layers and layers, accumulating in volume and power just as snowflakes quietly and seamlessly decorate a landscape in their beautiful coldness. A main melody is integrated 5 times throughout the song, but it is rendered differently each time, sometimes appearing as a solo, other times being played by the whole entire orchestra. Regardless, the last melody (m. 60) is played by all the instruments that complement and support each other as one unit—just as snow sticks together and embraces the world in a single color of white. When I began this piece, I was also inspired by one of my favorite figure skaters, Evgenia Medvedeva, so I created an artwork that goes with it. See here for the time lapse drawing of the piece. A Journey in Retrospect “A Journey in Retrospect” was my first attempt at composition. I wrote it December 2016 for my orchestra (Music From China Youth Orchestra), and it was performed on June 3rd, 2017 at Drew University. Mixing elements of western and traditional pentatonic music, this song reflects the journey of a person’s life—and my own journey through composing. It begins with a prelude that introduces the central motif to set the mood and pace of the song, in the same manner an author would preface his story with some background. The prelude is followed by a jumpy innocent melody first played by plucked instruments—representing our shaky little steps at the beginning of a journey (m. 9). The melody is then repeated more richly and melodically by string instruments—representing out gradual maturation and development in our journeys (m. 17). Eventually, the song changes into a more powerful theme (m. 33) that is characterized by strength and willpower in the face of trial and tribulations- the melody builds in momentum until it reaches a climatic direct modulation key change (m. 44). Following the key change is a rich intersection of three different melody lines, and the song slowly falls in power until it repeats the prelude (m. 53), returning full circle, but this time, the prelude sounds different: it is deeper, more experienced, more reflective tone- just as we when we look back at the end of our journeys. For more info about me, check out: About Me Time Lapse Art Artwork My Guzheng Story Music Arrangements Other Performances Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more music updates! Follow me on Spotify! Spotify

Buy my artwork as prints in cardstock 12x18 and fine art linen paper 8x10. Framing options and shipping options available. Bree Zhang - Aspiring Artist, Musician, Dentist Buy Artwork - Bree Zhang Time Lapsed Art Portfolio Commissions Brunoscapes are now for sale via Brown University Bookstore ! Order Your Artwork Here Please reference MY PORTFOLIO for the name of the artwork you want to order. If you want to buy multiple pieces, please fill out the form multiple times (once for each artwork)! Please note the discount option if you are a Columbia or Brown student/faculty ! First Name Last Name Email Name of Artwork Choose a Canvas Size Choose an option Delivery method Choose an option Special Requests Include Hand-Signed Signature * Yes (Additional $6) No Address (if applicable) Order Your Artwork Thanks for submitting! You will receive an email in the upcoming days with more details More About Me My Publications Harvard Global Health Starter Kit co-author, 2nd author of bottle feeding case study My Infographics Advocacy infographics featured on Columbia and Harvard ASDA pages. My Asian Identity Reflections on what it means to be Asian American and my struggles with my identity Why Dentistry About me as an NHSC Scholar, TedX Speaker, Advocacy Award Recipient Dental Art & Music How I combine music therapy and art to heal and educate patients! College Reflections My five key takeaways + lessons from Brown University: the goods, bads, and funs! Music Compositions Performed in Carnegie Hall (5 times), Metropolitan Museum (2 times), McCarter Theatre (2 times) Pageantry Miss Chinese Pageant 2018 2nd Runner up, Miss Talent 2018, Laihing Jewelry Winner My Art Portfolio Sold by Brown Bookstore. Featured on Columbia Global Consortium of Climate Health ABOUT ME Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more music updates! Follow me on Spotify! Spotify

I used to think Brown was the color of “💩” but you can only create that color by combining all colors of the rainbow. Brown has been my canvas. Each semester has been a wandering collection of dissonances and consonances. Read my 5 Main Takeaways Below: Reflection 1 Reflection 2 Reflection 3 Reflection 4 Reflection 5 College Reflections I used to think Brown was a poopy💩 color, but you can only create that color by combining all colors of the rainbow. Brown has been my canvas. Each semester has been a wandering collection of dissonances and consonances. Read my 5 Main Takeaways Below: #1 The Best Teachers Are Bandages, and the Best Bandages Come From Our Friends. College can be a journey of figuring out how to patch myself up from falls and scrapes but oftentimes not even knowing where these scrapes and cuts are. Throughout college, I struggled with a combination of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, which triggered depressive episodes after binges and manic episodes when I starved myself in punishment. There were moments when I felt invincible and so productive so no sleep and keep going because your creative juices are flowing and no--you can't stop--you can't sleep anyway--stomach empty--you're so light you could fly away-- Then, moments when I struggled to get out of bed and do basic things like wash my face. Moments when I didn’t want to wake up from sleep. Moments when I hated myself so much and felt so useless for hating myself and not being able to do the simplest daily things, then hating myself all over again and thinking I did not deserve people’s admiration. The scary thing about falling is that it’s sometimes not the injury that hurts the most but the painstaking process of trying to get to your original pace. There’s an insidious voice that keeps comparing yourself to your best version and reminds you’re so much slower and wobbly and graceless. But the beautiful thing about falling is that the journey of crawling up teaches you so much. It’s taught me that friends and loved ones have always been my best bandages. They give me shoulders to cry on and hands to hold when I don’t feel grounded. They remind me that I’m still Bree. Sometimes, learning how to be vulnerable means allowing your friends and loved ones to see you under a spotlight when you haven’t put on your protective skin, so you feel flayed and disgusting and ashamed because this version of you will always exist in their memory. But sometimes, learning to be vulnerable means that you have hands that can put bandages in places you can’t easily see or reach. And unlike your bandages, these bandages come without self-contempt and are so purely filled with love and care that you start to feel like everything’s going to be okay. Because it will be <3 Reflection 2 #2 Inspiration is everywhere in the community, and everyone has a Mary Poppins Bag. I believe that I am a collection of the wisdom of each person I’ve met at Brown. As they say, the beauty of the Open Curriculum is that no two people are taking the exact same track of courses, meaning that there is less room for competition/comparison and more room for vicarious learning, exploration, and super cool conversations. I don’t need to take 20 classes to obtain knowledge from 20 classes. By talking with peers, I get “TLDR” glimpses of the most thought-provoking topics in way more classes, and we exchange these glimpses across our real world reflections. If what people are studying is cool, what they are doing is even cooler. Everyone I know seems to carry around a Mary Poppins bag: a bottomless pit of talents and accomplishments that they usually keep humbly hidden but pull out on special occasions, ceaselessly surprising me. Like just when I thought this person couldn’t be cooler as a STEM icon, but wait—they also won an award for their cutting-edge research—but wait—they’re also a kickass dancer—but wait—and they’re also involved in acapella and have a voice of gold? In fact, my admiration for my peers solidified even more after seeing everyone's senior theses, capstones, and extracurricular final projects. The spark in someone’s eyes is most beautiful when they talk about something they love, something to which they’ve devoted so much time, tears, and energy. The reason I am the way I am is because of this Brown community: they’re always inventing, deconstructing, designing, collecting, fighting, advocating, teaching, learning, providing—-and inspiring me to do better. #3 It’s never too late to start a hobby, or to revisit one that you’ve tucked away. Success is not always accomplishing something but enacting an intention to start something . As someone who has always been a checklist person who likes the feeling of "finishing" things I'm good at, I really had to learn how to reframe my mindset throughout college. I'm happy to say I finally got really comfortable with this by my last semester at Brown, where I was welcomed into the frisbee, ballroom dancing, and ice skating communities. Feeling "comfortable" in unknown spaces cannot happen without empowering and nurturing people. Ballroom dancing was completely new to me. Even when I started out as one of the worst dancers, these people gave me a home and never judged me, only uplifted me. Frisbee and ice skating were sports I’d tried as a first-year (but then stopped for 3 years due to time commitment). The fact that I felt welcomed so warmly despite my hiatus showed me that it’s okay to step back from things, to leave for a few years, and it’s okay to join again when you’re ready. When time is ticking, it’s easy to get caught up in the end. I only had 2-3 months to enjoy these communities before graduation. While sometimes I lamented how I should’ve joined/re-joined these sports earlier, the experience taught me how to savor each moment because it’s happening (and not because it’s disappearing), to be comfortable with not knowing things and asking for help—because help is always there. Three of my most exciting moments were when I did the Bronzie Cha Cha group number at the Phoenix Ball, when I performed a solo at Brown Figure Skating Club’s Annual Ice Skating Show, and when I played in my first Frisbee Scrimmage with another college team. I am proud of these moments not because I was the best performer/player (in fact, in ice skating, I was the worst) but because I went out and tried my best. Reflection 3 #4 No battle plan survives the first contact with the enemy, so learn to have fun while the plan fails. Lots of us are perfectionists who try to avoid perfectionism but unwittingly stray towards perfectionism if left unchecked. Perfectionism is what makes us good at what we do because we hold ourselves to high expectations. However, it also makes us stressed out, especially if the work is not what we expect. This is why my involvement in CCB (Class Coordinating Board) was such an amazing learning experience for me because no matter how much you try to perfect your "battle plan," unexpected problems arise. Perhaps the weather is freezing, and the crock pot you need to melt the caramel (for caramel covered apples) doesn’t heat up, so someone on your board needs to run to the Blue Room with a tub of Boiling hot water to get the caramel to melt. Perhaps there’s glitches with a platform you’re using, and you embarrassingly have to send out a classwide email again apologizing for good-old “technical difficulties.” Perhaps delivery costs increase. The power fails. A few staffers get sick. A vendor backs out. Equipment doesn’t work. The question isn’t a matter of “if” but “when” and “what” will go wrong—whether it’s a mistake you made or an uncontrollable external factor. So an important lesson CCB taught me (and something I’m still striving towards) is how to adapt, go with the flow, laugh and bond over our failed battle plans, and accept that no one is going to ever be completely satisfied with your event, or you—and that’s okay. After all, the enemy of a “battle plan” is just life, and life will always give you unexpected lemons and things to be salty over. But if you stop seeing life as an enemy, you can slice up the lemons, gather some salt, and have fun taking tequila shots. Reflection 4 #5 Don’t wait until you’re leaving to start making a bucket list. 4 years feels so short. So very very short. Sometimes, I wonder “If COVID-19 hadn’t happened, would I have had a better college experience?” Reasonably, a voice in my head says: “Yes, of course. You lost almost 2 years of college. You struggled during the virtual semesters without much social contact. You saw lives disappear in the blink of an eye, neighbors, family acquaintances, more.” But I also see another side to COVID-19. COVID-19 made me who I am in college. I learned how to be alone. I learned to navigate challenges and tensions with my family that emerged from the pandemic and politics. I learned to appreciate the moments I have with my loved ones. To never take anything for granted because even the most stable rocks can be shattered in an instant: a relationship, a friendship, an experience, an education. It’s the same with college. When I came back to in-person school my senior year, I made a Senior Bucket List, and I wrapped myself in a craze to complete all the items. But then it hit me. Why is it that we only make a real bucket list when we’re about to leave somewhere? Aren’t the experiences listed in our bucket list things we have always wanted to do? Why can't we cherish these experiences sooner? How many times did I really explore downtown Providence? How many cuisines on college hill did I really try? How many challenges did I really complete? How many moments with friends did I pass up because I wanted to focus on studying? We often don’t realize how much we appreciate something until it slips from our fingertips. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying “hold on tighter so it doesn’t slip.” We all have to let things slip away to move on—after all, our hands can only hold so much—but we should be more intentional while these experiences are around and easily graspable. This way, we’re not simply just letting retrospection paint an experience in a positive light. We’re actually existing in that experience—appreciating it even if we can’t see the beauty yet. Reflection 5 Senior Year Bucket List Green are completed items. Red are uncompleted items. Dance on pole Get on rooftop Participate in Jazz jams RISD Wintersesssion Polar Plunge with BOC Visit Newport Visit Block Island Witness Naked Donut Run Try an edible (make art while high) Visit RISD Museum Make at least 10 Brunoscapes Hammock somewhere on campus Get back into Ice skating Hiking somewhere NOT in Providence Attend a Gendo Taiko Workshop Join Frisbee again! Attend a Nelson fitness class (cardio core, body combat, 305 dance) Study in GCB (with laptops out) Join Ballroom dancing Ratty challenge Go to all you can eat hotpot with CSA Go to Beach SciLi challenge Go Rock Climbing Watch Dance Shows Mezcla Fusion Impulse Daebak SKINNY DIPPING Do something weird for Senior Talent Show Watch theatre productions RENT Sweeney Todd Company Louis challenge Sleep on 10+ locations on campus Watson Leung Andrews dining Emwool lounge Faunce fishbowl Sears Lounge Metcalf third floor Friedman Main Green Scili Scavenger HUnt Friend group senior Boston trip Drink wine in 10+ major buildings on campus. Faunce Rock The Hay Sayles Salomon University Hall Macmillan Sears Ratty Friedman Vdub Andrews Thesissssssss Watch Waterfire Sell prints of my artwork. Try aerial acrobatics workshop Perform at in-person concerts Lunar new year Underground Thursdays Sounds@Brown Senior Week GRADUATE YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! 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Welcome to my world of creative endeavors, from guzheng performances to surrealistic dreamscape oil paintings, to dental projects, to music composition and rearrangements, to digital art time-lapse tutorials, Bree Zhang - Aspiring Artist, Musician, Dentist BREE ZHANG ABOUT ME BREE ZHANG Aspiring Artist, Musician, and Dentist ABOUT ME Spotify Watch my TedX Talk My Artwork To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. COMMISSIONS SEE MORE TIME LAPSE ART Sneak Peek Into My Portfolio Dreams These dreamscapes and imaginary lands are rendered spontaneously without any prior planning, sketching, or reference photos. Like lucid dreaming, I let go of.... read more Snapshots in Time The world as I see it is composed of snapshots of meaningful places, objects, and people that have emotional significance to me. I capture these... read more Social Commentary I investigate and confront inter-sectionalities of race, gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, from advocating for Asian solidarity to analyzing sexual violence... read more My Dental Journey Answering: "Why Dentistry?" Merging Music & Art with Dentistry Researching and Publishing Advocating and Educating My Music Bree Zhang - "Daydreams" [Music Video] 古筝 Bree Zhang Play Video Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Now Playing Bree Zhang - "Daydreams" [Music Video] 古筝 05:58 Play Video Now Playing Bree Zhang - Senior Talent Show! 06:18 Play Video Now Playing Bree Zhang - "Growing Up" (Guzheng 古筝) 06:12 Play Video Now Playing Bree Zhang - Returning Home (Sinovision Teen Talent Competition Guzheng Performance) 06:00 Play Video Compositions See all my different compositions, ranging from guzheng solos to vocal and orchestral pieces. more Arrangements See my arranged guzheng pieces that include songs like "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" and other Chinese folk songs. more Traditional Songs See a wide range of traditional Chinese songs I have performed on the guzheng, both for solos and ensembles. more Check out my Guzheng Story Miss Chinese Pageant See More Contact Me Thanks! Message sent. Send

Bree Zhang competed in the 2018 Miss Chinese Pageant and achieved Miss 2018 2nd Runner-up, Miss Best Talent 2018, and Laihing Jewelry Show Winner. Miss Chinese Pageant Overview In summer 2018, I was selected as one of the 13 Finalists for Miss Chinese Pageant among hundreds of applicants. The pageant involved three months of training, a tour in San Fransisco, a talent show in Sand Castle, NY, a jewelry show in Flushing, NY, and the final show at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. My accomplishments in the Pageant include: Winner of the Laihing Jewelry Show 2018: I won the best jewelry presentation award, which included: 14 karat gold necklace and the chance to wear and present the most expensive jewelry in the store, a Forever Mark diamond set more than 1 million dollars. Miss Best Talent 2018: During the talent show, I made it into the Top Five Talent with guzheng and won the Group Talent Award with live acrylic painting. During the final show, I performed on the guzheng, a 21-stringed Chinese Harp, playing a self composition I wrote for my grandmother while featuring my digital art paintings on the large screen background. Miss Second Runner-up 2018: I placed 3rd place overall at the Final Show in Mohegan Sun, which included several segments: evening gown, swimsuit and Q&A, Qipao walk, and the final five Q&A. Pictures San Fransisco Tour Day 1: Napa Valley and Newton Vineyard Day 2: Palace of Fine Arts Day 3 and 4: City Hall and Golden Gate Bridge Talent Show Laihing Jewelry Show Final Show at Mohegan Sun Fashion Show Evening Gown Talent (Guzheng Performance) Qipao and Final Awards For more about Miss Chinese Pageant, you may follow them on social media! Website Facebook Instagram For more info about me, check out: About Me Time Lapse Art Artwork My Guzheng Story Music Compositions Other Performances Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more updates!