Kexin Zhang is a fourth-year PhD student in Computer Sciences at the College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research interests include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Accessibility, and Social Computing. She studies how AI-powered technologies can support people with disabilities in navigating social interactions with greater agency over how they participate, communicate, and present themselves. She is particularly interested in socially situated AI, where accessibility extends beyond information access to managing identity, relationship dynamics, and social perceptions.