Back At It

Tong Holzinger is career fulfillment coach under the moniker "lifecoaching4professionals", as well as a business owner in the beauty and wellness space. Ever since she became a coach, she has helped others abandon beliefs that limited their potential and find their purpose, in order to manifest who they want to become. Overall, her goal in life is help ensure that people don't settle to boundaries set by others, and follow their own path to be the best version of themself.

Tony Nguyen, an LA-born NYC-based singer-songwriter and producer who writes music defined by its emotional vulnerability under the moniker “Wind Meets West”. His music has garnered over 30k streams on Spotify and has been featured on playlists such as Spotify’s “New From NYC: Pop”. He seeks to write music that helps people feel less alone and can resonate with on a personal level.

Jason Chu is a rising Chinese American rapper and activist. His music has appeared in Warrior (HBO/Cinemax), and Wu-Assassins (Netflix). Jason has opened for Snoop Dogg and Bernie Sanders, performed at the Obama White House and the Getty Center, and been presented at Flushing Town Hall and the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. His lyrics and videos have been featured in the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles. 

An Asian American cultural expert, jason has lectured and spoken on arts, media representation, Asian- Black polyculturalism, and racial history at UPenn, ArtCenter College of Design, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Stanford, NYU, Yale, and beyond. His work has been covered by the BBC, NBC Asian America, South China Morning Post, NPR Sacramento, and other outlets. 

He holds a BA (with Distinction) in Philosophy from Yale College and was a contributing writer to the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture.

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough” is an ethos Michelle loves to share, coming from her early days of competitive figure skating. Following a career ending injury, she reassigned her passion towards design working with celebrated companies such as BCBGMAXAZRIA & AEG. After her time in corporate life & some venture backed trial & errors - Michelle K. Hanabusa bootstrapped a new brand called WEAREUPRISERS. WEAREUPRISERS is a community-driven streetwear brand focused on activists, trendsetters, and warriors of change. Their goal is to inspire change by partnering with like-minded individuals and organizations to give voice to the underrepresented.