Tiffany Lai is a drama educator and registered social worker in Hong Kong and Alberta, Canada. She graduated with distinction from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Master of Fine Arts in Drama, majoring in Drama and Theatre Education. Her thesis explored using Drama in Education to enhance Chinese character recognition and writing skills among students with dyslexia. She previously taught drama at a Hong Kong secondary school.

Tiffany has received multiple awards, including the Estella Wong Drama Education Scholarship, the HKSAR Government Talent Development Scholarship, the Reaching Out Award, and the Bravo! Hong Kong Youth Theatre Award. She was also twice sponsored by the Lee Hysan Foundation for short-term drama training in the UK.

She works across Hong Kong and Canada in education, planning, and performance. In 2021, she co-founded DuO Lab, a drama education company in Hong Kong, and launched the Drama X Chinese Language Learning pilot program with support from the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, providing in-school support for students with dyslexia.

In 2025, Tiffany was selected for Mount Royal University’s Artist as Changemaker Residency and became a founding member of the Calgary Hong Kong Arts and Culture Association, connecting communities through arts and culture. In 2024, she was chosen for the Canada ICAI Newcomer Art Professional Program and named one of the Top 20 Newcomer Artists in Calgary and Edmonton.

She has collaborated with over 30 organizations, including YW Calgary, Ghost River Theatre, West Kowloon Cultural District, RTHK, Chung Ying Theatre Company, Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, SideBySide, Hong Kong Christian Service, and numerous schools. She has also led Drama-in-Education workshops for social service agencies, using drama to engage diverse communities and address their unique needs.