Multiracial Whiteboy

Actor & Editor-in-Chief, Alex Chester has been in performing and in show business since she was five.  She talks to Kim about her early start in the entertainment industry and how it impacted her mixed Asian identity, her short stint with pop girl group Dream, trying to find middle ground, therapy, and Asian community building and solidarity. 

Maija Di Giorgio is recognized by New York's Time Out Magazine as one of "the freshest, funniest, unique voices to grace the microphone". Maija has been featured on HBO Def Comedy Jam, Hot 97, and many more. Maija talks about the challenges of being a mixed comedian, her Italian family's unique journey to America, the impact of her talented mother, the influence of early 80s & 90s hip hop on her comedy, the importance of talking about her family on stage and spreading racial harmony. 

Jackie Stewart is a meditation and mindfulness advisor. Jackie talks about the challenges of growing up in Orange County with her single Taiwanese mother, struggling with her mixed identity and  mother's cultural heritage, the decision to model in Asia, and leaving  on the fly to a Nepal Montessori.  A great story about personal redemption!

Mickey Finnegan is a Writer/Director best known for his music video and commercial work with artists and brands such as Usher, The Offspring and Pepsi.  Mickey, who's Irish & Filipino, talks about his Irish roots in his family,  growing up with no Asian role models in his life and the ongoing challenges of dealing with the typical Asian male stereotypes. 

Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director for the Illinois Newsroom. He was a news producer and manager at the NBC station in Dallas, where he won 7 Emmy awards. Born during the Vietnam War and later given up for adoption in the States, Reginald talks to Kim about the challenges that came with growing up as one of the only black kids in the small town in Colorado, the pressure to be excellent, and reuniting with his biological American father and biological Vietnamese mother. 

Theater Artist/Educator and Facilitator, Ryan Marchand was never raised with the idea of race consciousness and as a result never thought of himself as Black. Ryan talks to Kim about his personal journey of having to find his own way to critical race consciousness, why he won't date others on dating apps, healing through art and education, and why a sense of community engagement must be included in the current model of diversity training. 

Anya Steinberg was the 2021 Grand-Prize Winner of NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge. Her podcast "He's Just 23 Chromosomes," takes listeners through her journey of self-discovery when she learns that her biological father was an anonymous Korean sperm donor she had always been told was a doctor.  Kim talks to Anya about the half-Korean father she grew up with, dealing with imposter syndrome during her time at Colorado College, and why she wants to meet her biological Korean sperm donor. 

Haui is the creator of Mixed↑. His documentary follows his life as he combats the isolations of a BIPOC and LGTQT+ as he helps to normalize the existence of being an “other.” Part testimonial, part confessional, Kim talks to Haui about the challenging personal topics explored in his film, moving back and forth between Canada and the UK, finding approval in the Black community and the reason the film centers around his relationship with his father. 

 Doni Aldine is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation North American who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents.  Doni talks to Kim about what it means to be a TCK (Third Culture Kid), the 13 dimensions of a TCK,  the multi-cultural lifestyle, unresolved grief when she settled down in Colorado, and how 21st diversity will lead to a future of empathy.  Doni Aldine, MBA, is recognized by FOLIO as a 2020 TOP Women in Media Honoree. She also does consulting for iconic brands such as Coca-Cola, NBC/Universal, Turner, and Warner Bros. 
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Actor and content creator, Ryan Alexander Holmes, has a loyal following on his Instagram page for creating challenging, witty and clever stories about his Blasian identity. But he wants you to know, even though he looks black, he's  also 100% Chinese. Kim talks to Ryan about growing up in the San Gabriel Valley with his Chinese family, learning about real African-American history from his father, his powerful letter to the Asian community regarding the death of George Floyd, and the moment when he started to  prioritize his own happiness and well being.