Jenkin Au is the co-founder of Knead Furniture, making spaces feel great for small and medium-sized companies and organizations. In this episode, we dive into Jenkin’s early years in entrepreneurship, his experiences in the furniture industry, and then now his management of Knead.

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kneadfurniture.com @kneadfurniture

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Dr. Jacob Chacko (he/him) is the director of the Asian American Cultural Center at Rutgers University. In this episode, we dive into Jacob’s few moments of transformation, including his queer awakening, racial awakening, and the realization of the intersection of his identities, specifically his South Asian racial identity, his queerness in a predominantly white and Catholic environment, and his navigation of all of these within his family.

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LinkedIn: Jacob Chacko

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Kitty Wu is a holistic health coach, helping high achieving women of color transform their lives. In this episode, we talk a about Kitty’s journey into corporate and transition into her current career path.

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@kittywucoaching

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Shin Yu Pai is a Seattle-based writer and author of 11 books of poetry, an interdisciplinary artist spanning across visual work, photography, music, performance art, and most recently, podcasting, and others. In this episode, we talk about Shin Yu’s approach to poetry and interdisciplinary art, the difficulties of being an Asian women in the industry, and most recently, her experiences with podcasting.

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The Blue Suit podcast

https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/bluesuit

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Kitty Wu is a holistic health coach, helping high achieving women of color transform their lives. In this episode, we talk a about Kitty’s journey into corporate and transition into her current career path.

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@kittywucoaching

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Roren Choi is a Korean American co-founder and chef of Magpie and the Tiger in the DC area. In this episode, we dive into her experiences growing up in the church, going to seminary, hustling in the food/restaurant industry in DC, and now finally with her own restaurant.

@magpieandthetigerdc

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Brian Cuyno is a Filipino, American veteran, who resettled into America when he was 28. In this episode, we dive into his life, talking about his younger years in the Philippines, his experience in the US military, and his most recent experience with fostering and adopting a daughter.

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Brian Cuyno @ LinkedIn

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Rebecca Jiang and Misha Lau are two recent graduates living in Los Angeles, California. The two met in college and quickly became close friends, connecting through their shared diasporic experiences. As daughters of immigrants, they often felt distant to their parents. In this episode, we dive into their journey in the creation of Unspoken Words, a card game aimed to help facilitate conversation between generations.

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bit.ly/bwkickstarter

IG: @unspokenwordsgame

Twitter: @unspokenwordcg

Tik Tok: @unspokenwordsgame

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Bianca Trinidad-Lam is a Filipino, founder of Filiflavors, a snackbox curating Filipino culture and flavors. Filiflavors also donates a portion of its earnings to non-profits working with Autism and special-needs communities.

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https://filiflavors.com/

@filiflavors on IG and Facebook

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Ashley Xie and Hedy Yu are co-founders, childhood friends, and daughters of immigrants who work together on Rooted Fare. Rooted Fare works to link local immigrant chefs with the national public, in which flavors and recipes are bottled into jars to share with others. Their number one best-seller is the black sesame butter, as Asian and American fusion of black sesame and peanut butter. Listen to this episode to find out more about their story as friends and later co-founders.

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rootedfare.com

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TikTok: @rootedfare

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