Dance4Healing
Venture Overview
Dance4Healing is an NIH-funded, patented AI telehealth platform that connects elders, chronic disease patients, and caregivers through music, dance, and arts-based health engagement. Founder Amy Li, inspired by her own Stage IV cancer journey, combines behavioral science, UX expertise, and AI to foster sustainable healthy habits and social connections.
Website: www.dance4healing.com
Venture Issue Area: Health & Wellness
Venture Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Venture Founder
Amy Li was diagnosed with a rare Stage IV cancer in the prime of her life. Music and dance accelerated her recovery and inspired her to invent Dance4Healing, an NIH-funded impact venture with a mission to make healthy habits accessible, supportive, and fun through an award-winning patented AI telehealth platform. Amy is a UX and behavior strategy expert in innovation and AI for global brands like Yahoo and AT&T, with work featured in The NY Times, NBC, Yahoo!, and Gizmodo.
Amy’s upcoming book integrates her studies from Harvard Medical School's postgraduate writing program. She serves on the American Psychological Association Pandemic Taskforce and is one of the first two Asian female leaders nationwide selected for the Cultural of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing, an RWJF program. Amy was a keynote speaker at USPTO’s AANHPI Month, a Global Arts in Medicine fellow, and a speaker/Envoy for Global South Arts and Health Week, supported by the World Health Organization.
