In today's episode Genesis is joined with Ami Nafzger. Ami is founder of GOAL in Korea, an organization in Korea to help adoptees. Genesis and Ami talk about her experience being an adoptee, the adoptee process in Korea and China, and the struggles of being an adoptee. 

In today's episode, Genesis interviews her mom, who is a physical therapist. Together, they address stereotypes surrounding Asian women in healthcare, especially Filipinos being nurses, and how the current pandemic is detrimentally hurting the essential workers.

From toxic white boys to how the podcast got started, Melissa, Gen, Alina, and Naina answer your questions! Tune in as you get to learn more about each host and a whole lot more. 

Introducing our newest series of Dear Asian Girl: Stories My Asian Grandma Told Me. In this episode, Alina talks to Ryoko, and Naomi talk about the Japanese internment camps and coming to terms with their cultural identity and more! 

In today's episode, Alina interviews Beenish Mannan, aka Alina's mom! Beenish worked in Pocatello, Idaho City Council for 1-2 years. Alina and her mom tackle what it is like being an Asian (and Muslim) politician in a conservative town, her experience working on the city council, which was racially homogenous, as well as what it is like to face backlash as a WOC in politics, and also talk about how Asian women are told to not seek out careers, and rather care for their families, which is something councilwoman Mannan had experienced.

In today's episode, Alina and Gen tackle being Asian, especially Asian women, in the STEM and business fields. They talk about the term “Bamboo Ceiling", why Asians aren’t in the top leadership positions in their careers, even about AOC, Michelle Obama, and RBG! Links to the articles Alina and Gen mentioned are down below:

https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-119

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/oct/03/when-will-we-stop-calling-successful-women-abrasive

https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-rising-the-unseen-barriers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2016/01/20/how-asian-americans-can-break-through-the-bamboo-ceiling/#6a1075c61e43

https://hbr.org/2018/05/asian-americans-are-the-least-likely-group-in-the-u-s-to-be-promoted-to-management