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A recent Morning Ex community gathering celebrating Black History Month featured Ashlyn Sparrow. Ashlyn is a game designer who helps lead the Weston Game Lab at the University of Chicago, using video games to illuminate real-world problems.

Her love of video games began when she was about 10 years old. Now she channels that passion into developing games that address problems such as climate change and public health. Because video games are interactive and immersive, they engage the player and game designer to think about how society works and their role in it.

Following her presentation, Ashlyn stayed on campus all day, meeting with small groups of students from all three divisions. Activities included designing games, Q&A sessions and speaking about using art in game design.