May Hwen, Executive Optician
May Hwen is a Taiwanese American optician with a combined skill set from her years of experience in Nashville and Los Angeles as an optical consultant, optical manager, and executive optician. To make matters even better, she’s also an accomplished marketing director, media producer, actor/host, and music artist. This diverse acumen is the very strong foundation for her original TV concept, “Music of Eyewear,” launched in 2023. Currently pitching to national networks, the show will be a way for her to create a positive impact on a greater audience than just her own neighborhood, and to bring her own brand of fine service innovation to the optical industry. Her approach to the optical is one of artistry, service, and a depth of care for the greater community.
May finds pleasure in making lattes and cocktails and creative meals at home, and spending any kind of time with her boyfriend and business partner, David Abrams, whether it’s playing chess in their PJ’s or traveling the world and performing music on stage. She is eternally grateful for David’s support in her pursuit of driving her creative energy into an optical career.
Photo by Alan Messer
David Abrams,
Music Director
The eyewear at Chart Optical isn’t silent, and it isn’t a bunch of noise either. There’s music within every moment that we create for our clients, and David is the director of that music. He helps make sure that every client encounter and glasses delivery is planned with the precision of an on-stage performance.
With creativity and originality at the height of our ideals with the optical and with our TV pilot, “Music of Eyewear,” David comes equipped with a degree in Jazz Guitar from the University of North Texas, and a career of teaching guitar lessons.
He’s into fretboards, snowboards, and being a dynamic soundboard duo with his partner in life and business, May Hwen. They started playing music together in 2015 and became great friends, and they learned in 2023 that they were much more than friends. They are currently writing new music in their band, Strait Push, and we can’t wait for you to hear and see more.
Photo by Dario Garcia