The Asian American Voice

Yin is an Asian American marriage and family therapist licensed in California and Oregon and founder of Theralane.

As a child of immigrants, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a therapist.  Yin started out in investment banking right out of college and co-founded an IT services company where she worked for almost 15 years in Silicon Valley.

As a therapist, Yin primarily works with Asians, Asian Americ...

Mentored early on by master action director Corey Yuen, Bao was instilled with an approach to action that doesn’t rely solely on spectacle, but also draws on story and character. Screen Anarchy praised his written-and-directed short Bookie for its “flawlessly realized world populated by entirely fleshed out and believable characters, driven by a compelling narrative and brought to sumptuous life.” He has s...

St. Lenox is an American indie pop outfit from Columbus and Brooklyn, helmed by Andrew Choi, who works as an attorney in New York City. Writing in the vein of modern American social realism, Choi's most recent record, Ten Hymns From My American Gothic, discusses progressivism, immigration and family, set in the Iowa midwest. PopMatters, rating the record 9/10, calls it "nothing short of a 21st century...

Paul Sohn is a leadership coach, best-selling author and speaker. Formerly employed by both a Fortune 50 company and a Top 100 Great Place to Work Company, Paul is the founder and CEO of QARA, an organization committed to helping twenty-somethings discover their God-given identity and calling. Paul is a best-selling author of Quarter-Life Calling: Finding Your God-Given Purpose in Your Twenties. In 2014, Paul was named one of the T...

Tuan is first and foremost, a father and family man. While doing his best at that, he is an entrepreneur driven by fun, passion and the purpose of making the world a better place. Currently, he owns 3 businesses. HealthGenie.ca provides business advisory, marketing and leadership services to dental groups across North America. TuanNguyen.Space helps individuals ready to screw the 9 to 5 life to build a business and life in realizat...

Koji Steven Sakai is the founder of Little Nalu Pictures LLC. He has written five feature films that have been produced, Haunted Highway , The People I’ve Slept With , Monster & Me , #1 Serial Killer , and Dying to Kill. He also served as a producer on The People I’ve Slept With, #1 Serial Killer, Dying to Kill and Dwayne Perkins: Take Notes, a one hour comedy special.

Koji is also currently working on a Kickstarter campaign for a ...

Musician Scott "Chops" Jung has produced music for The Lonely Island, E-40, Nikki Minaj, Kanye West, Ice Cube, Snoop, Lil Wayne

Scott is a member of the legendary hip hop group "Mountain Brothers" which is the first Asian American rap group to be signed to a major record label.

Scott shares when his love for music started and his journey of getting signed to a major record label.

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Anisha Adusumilli is an LA-based South Asian content creator and actress making her directorial debut in her first short, FIRST DATE, currently making rounds at film festivals across the country.

She is also an actress, and has been previously seen as a guest on major television shows like How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, and NCIS: Los Angeles. Anisha shares why she wanted to begin directing as well as acting. She also shares about...

Mike Kim is a marketing consultant and host of the #1 ranked podcast on personal branding in iTunes, The Brand You Podcast. He helps corporate professionals launch a coaching or consulting business so they can leave their day job and do work they love and believe in. He is also an in-demand strategist and copywriter who has shaped the message and marketing for several New York Times best-selling authors. If you want to leave your d...

Sheena Yap Chan is a blogger, podcaster, marketing consultant, author and speaker whose sole purpose, drive and passion is to help women live a better life through entrepreneurship. She currently inspires women everyday through her podcast called The Tao of Self Confidence where she interviews various women about their inner journey to self confidence.

Sheena shares about a tragedy that was the catalyst to quit her job and start cr...

Keith is the creator of the website "The Nerds of Color" at www.nerdsofcolor.org which is a website that talks about pop culture, comic books and movies with a different cultural lens. He is also an editor of the "Secret Identities" anthology available on Amazon.com.

Keith shares about how he got started with the blog and why he started the website. He also shares about his thoughts on the whitewashing in Hollywood.

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Gene Luen Yang was named earlier this year as national ambassador for young people’s literature by The Library of Congress.

Gene is the 2007, 2010, 2015 recipient of the Eisner Award which is the Oscar awards of the comic industry.

Gene shares his journey into creating comics and graphic novels as well as productivity tips to get into the creative mindset.

He also shares about his work with DC comics and working with Jim Lee on "Ne...

JT Tran went from being a rocket scientist working for NASA to becoming a dating, confidence coach and a pick up artist.

JT speaks about what he calls a "call to service" for Asian males in the dating and confidence space. JT shares about the concept of pick up artists and debunks some myths people may have about pick up artists.

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Meg Le Vu is a content creator who helps businesses brand themselves with video. She has a show called Get in the Lab which is in it’s final season and is a best selling author of The Video Marketers Cookbook.

Before that, Meg was a wedding photographer and inspected businesses for hazardous materials handling and waste.

Meg goes more in depth about feeling a need for change in her government job and how she was able to move into c...

Evan Jackson Leong is a 6th generation Chinese American director and documentary filmmaker. Leong is known for his documentary Linsanity about Jeremy Lin, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

We discuss his upcoming and first narrative feature film "Snakehead". Evan is launching a Kickstarter campaign to build a community behind his passion project.

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Jay Wong is the host and executive producer of "The Inner Changemaker"; an award-winning podcast where he interviews modern-day changemakers on choosing legacy over currency.

Jay is dedicated to working with purpose-driven individuals and passionate creators, helping them get their inner message out to the world in a BIGGER way.

His podcasting strategies have been featured in podcasting conferences all around North America and his ...

Dave Young Kim is an award winning artist and muralist. His murals can be seen all around the world. Dave is the recipient of the 2015 Asian Pacific American Heritage Award. Dave shares about the inspiration behind his art which is rooted in his Korean-American heritage.

Dave's passion for art started at an early age and his parent's encouragement helped nurture his artistic talents. Dave shares about getting into gangs in high sch...

In 2012, Dawoon Kang co-founded Coffee Meets Bagel along with her sisters Arum and Soo.

Dawoon shares her experience taking the leap from a cushy, corporate job to starting the company as well as the experience she had on "Shark Tank" and turning down a $30 million offer from Mark Cuban

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