For 42 years - journalist and newspaper publisher Assunta Ng has been a pillar of Seattle’s Chinatown International District. 

After emigrating to the United States at the age of 19 to attend the University of Washington - Assunta, together with her husband George, started two newspapers devoted to serving the local Asian American and immigrant communities: The Seattle Chinese Post, and Northwest Asian Weekly. 

Assunta reported for the papers, and served as publisher - until last Friday.

Soundside producer Noel Gasca went to Ng's farewell party to understand the work and legacy of a woman often called "the unofficial mayor of Chinatown."

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