Houa Lee strives to use her experience as a researcher and project manager to help organizations drive meaningful social change. She rejoined ORS Impact in September 2024 as a project manager, bringing a strong passion for driving complex projects to successful completion. Houa excels at balancing collaborator needs, optimizing resources, and navigating challenging constraints to deliver impactful results. Her commitment to inclusive and trauma-informed practices infuses both her research and project management work, ensuring that projects not only meet goals but also uphold equitable standards.
With a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Houa brings a unique perspective to her work. Before returning to ORS Impact, she worked as a UX Researcher for leading consulting companies, where she led end-to-end UX research projects for Fortune 100 companies. In these roles, she collaborated with cross-functional teams to align UX research needs with business goals and shape product roadmaps, using her strengths in qualitative and quantitative research methods to inform product strategies and development. This experience in the tech sector complements her earlier work at ORS Impact, where she conducted mixed-methods research and evaluation projects to guide and evaluate client strategies in the social sector.
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Houa has called Seattle home since 2017. Outside of her role at ORS Impact, she is a multidisciplinary creative and movement artist/dancer. You'll find her rehearsing with her dance teams and pursuing new creative projects.