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Jes Vu, Kieu Chinh, & Ysa Le
Jes Vu, Kieu Chinh, and Ysa Le converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen.
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Kìêu Chinh is a legendary actress with a long successful career dating back to 1957. Throughout her career, she has played female leads in 22 feature films in Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taipei, India, as well as in American productions shot in Asia such as Operation CIA, co-starred with Burt Reynolds. She has also appeared in over 80 television shows. Along with journalist Terry Anderson and the late Vietnam Vet Pulitzer Prize author Lewis Puller, Kieu Chinh is a founder / co-chair of The Vietnam Children’s Fund, a non-profit organization that has built a network of elementary schools in Vietnam as living memorials to remember the families and children lost in that country’s long wars. Her new memoir, Hồi Ký Kiều Chinh, has just released and is available worldwide.
Ysa Le began her art activism with VAALA since 2000, serving as VAALA’s Board as President from 2004-2008, and then as Executive Director from 2008 until now. She is one of the original co-founders of Viet Film Fest. Prior to VAALA, Ysa was a radio host for the Viet Nam California Radio (VNCR), from 1995 to 2010. She hosted a weekly show called “Vòng Chân Trời Văn Học Nghệ Thuật” (“The Art Horizon”), which covered interviews with various artists and art events. Her show was syndicated for Voice of America (VOA), which broadcasted in Vietnam. In 2005, Ysa was chosen by the Orange County Register as one of the “30 Vietnamese Americans to Watch” in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Vietnamese American community in the United States. She received the Arts and Culture (In-Language) Award from New California Media in 2003 for her article on Mimi News, reporting the revival of the traditional performance art Cải Lương in the Vietnamese community. She was awarded with the “Service Award” from the USC (University of Southern California) Asian Pacific Alumni Association in 2012. Ysa received the inaugural VIMO Luminary Champion Award for her contribution in cultivating positive advancements for Vietnamese filmmaking. Ysa received her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1994. She currently works as a clinical pharmacist at St. Joseph Home Infusion Pharmacy in Anaheim.
Jes Vu is the Communications Manager at CAPE, a non-profit organization that champions diversity by connecting, educating, and empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander artists and leaders in entertainment and media. A child of refugees from Vietnam, she grew up in the land of cheesesteaks, hoagies and Wawas—otherwise known as the Philly suburbs. She works in the intersections of Asian America and Hollywood, and recently served as one of the Story & Cultural Consultant for Disney Animation’s Raya and the Last Dragon as part of their Southeast Asia Story Trust. She is 1/2 of the producing team with Keith Chow for Southern Fried Asian, a podcast under The Nerds of Color, which profiles the diversity of Asian Americans from the American South.
This episode is sponsored by AppLovin. AppLovin’s leading marketing platform provides developers a powerful set of solutions to grow their mobile apps. AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally. Learn more at applovin.com.
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By Diasporic Vietnamese Artists NetworkJes Vu, Kieu Chinh, and Ysa Le converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen.
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Kìêu Chinh is a legendary actress with a long successful career dating back to 1957. Throughout her career, she has played female leads in 22 feature films in Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taipei, India, as well as in American productions shot in Asia such as Operation CIA, co-starred with Burt Reynolds. She has also appeared in over 80 television shows. Along with journalist Terry Anderson and the late Vietnam Vet Pulitzer Prize author Lewis Puller, Kieu Chinh is a founder / co-chair of The Vietnam Children’s Fund, a non-profit organization that has built a network of elementary schools in Vietnam as living memorials to remember the families and children lost in that country’s long wars. Her new memoir, Hồi Ký Kiều Chinh, has just released and is available worldwide.
Ysa Le began her art activism with VAALA since 2000, serving as VAALA’s Board as President from 2004-2008, and then as Executive Director from 2008 until now. She is one of the original co-founders of Viet Film Fest. Prior to VAALA, Ysa was a radio host for the Viet Nam California Radio (VNCR), from 1995 to 2010. She hosted a weekly show called “Vòng Chân Trời Văn Học Nghệ Thuật” (“The Art Horizon”), which covered interviews with various artists and art events. Her show was syndicated for Voice of America (VOA), which broadcasted in Vietnam. In 2005, Ysa was chosen by the Orange County Register as one of the “30 Vietnamese Americans to Watch” in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Vietnamese American community in the United States. She received the Arts and Culture (In-Language) Award from New California Media in 2003 for her article on Mimi News, reporting the revival of the traditional performance art Cải Lương in the Vietnamese community. She was awarded with the “Service Award” from the USC (University of Southern California) Asian Pacific Alumni Association in 2012. Ysa received the inaugural VIMO Luminary Champion Award for her contribution in cultivating positive advancements for Vietnamese filmmaking. Ysa received her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1994. She currently works as a clinical pharmacist at St. Joseph Home Infusion Pharmacy in Anaheim.
Jes Vu is the Communications Manager at CAPE, a non-profit organization that champions diversity by connecting, educating, and empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander artists and leaders in entertainment and media. A child of refugees from Vietnam, she grew up in the land of cheesesteaks, hoagies and Wawas—otherwise known as the Philly suburbs. She works in the intersections of Asian America and Hollywood, and recently served as one of the Story & Cultural Consultant for Disney Animation’s Raya and the Last Dragon as part of their Southeast Asia Story Trust. She is 1/2 of the producing team with Keith Chow for Southern Fried Asian, a podcast under The Nerds of Color, which profiles the diversity of Asian Americans from the American South.
This episode is sponsored by AppLovin. AppLovin’s leading marketing platform provides developers a powerful set of solutions to grow their mobile apps. AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally. Learn more at applovin.com.