Karen Chau
Karen Kai-Lan Chau is an American artist and creator of the children's television series Ni Hao, Kai-Lan for Nickelodeon. Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is based on the childhood memories of Chau, growing up in a bicultural household. Her childhood included several years in Plano, Texas as a student at Plano Senior High School, before her family settled in Los Angeles. The Ni Hao, Kai-Lan series was nominated for an Emmy award in spring 2010. Chau has been the director of intellectual property development for Disney since 2014.
Chau graduated with a degree in digital art from the University of California, Irvine, in 2000. She is also a painter and sculptor whose 2D and 3D work was shown for the first time in New York City in 2010.
