Xian began her nonprofit Give Beauty Wings’ tailored Self-Esteem programs at NYU’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities in 2011 and has continued teaching ever since. As the exemplar for the AT&T NYU Connect Ability Challenge, Xian collaborated with developers to shape accessible technologies. Seeing the importance of collaborative innovation, Xian has worked with the Open Style Lab at Parsons and Anna Sui to create adaptive clothing and walked the runway for Zappos Adaptive for NY Fashion Week in 2020.

Xian has moderated and spoken at the U.N. many times such as for International Women’s Day and International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and she has been invited to speak at The Obama White House, Apple, The Harkin Summit, NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, ReelAbilities Film Festival, Columbia University, the ACLU, Microsoft, and more. Xian is a member of the State Department’s Speaker’s Bureau and serves as an advisory member of the U.N. NGO Committee on Education, Learning and Literacy and the Accessibility Advisory Committee for AT&T, Cooper Hewitt, and ReelAbilities Film Festival. She also advises the American Institute of Architects NY on accessibility for upcoming inclusive exhibits.

Xian was named Women’s eNews’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, honored in Walker’s Legacy Power 15, National Disability Mentoring Coalition’s Hall of Fame, and was the recipient of the first-ever Positive Exposure Rising Leader Award.