Hi, I'm Samantha.

I'm the creative thinker, producer, and editor of this podcast. Upon successful completion of this project, I will have earned my M.A. in English from Georgetown University. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, I came to D.C. to for school. If I'm not hitting the books, I'm probably working at one of my numerous jobs.

In this episode, I'm going to share with you the meaning behind this project and hopefully give you a bit of insight on the struggles in creating a podcast. You can also learn a bit more about my family and how I got over my relationship of 6 years.

*Music by Trent Burns: trentburnsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/outlines

*Banner Art by Faith Wang

*Cover Art by Christina Cho

Meet Grace.

Grace is a Korean-American woman who currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland, but originally hails from Quakertown, Pennslyvania. She spends most of her days at Johns Hopkins either working as a research assistant in the epidemiology department or taking classes toward obtaining her MPH.

Grace loves to have a good time and dance, so she often goes out to bars with her girlfriends.

Listen to Grace's story to hear about her passion for working with Baltimore's drug-users in hopes to help them recover. She also wants my listeners to know about her undying respect for her mother, who raised her and her younger brother on her own.

*Music by Trent Burns: trentburnsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/outlines

*Banner Art by Faith Wang

*Cover Art by Christina Cho

Meet Rose.

Rose is a Korean-American woman currently living in Texas. As an intel officer for the United State's Military, Rose works with a lot of classified information in order to keep our country safe.

If you would like to hear why Rose got into the military, then you definitely won't want to miss today's episode. I think she also brings an interesting perspective of how Asian Americans sometimes feel about other Asian Americans.

*Music by Trent Burns: trentburnsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/outlines

*Banner Art by Faith Wang

*Cover Art by Christina Cho

Meet Rita.

Rita is a Filipina-American woman who currently lives in northern Virginia. A new ICU nurse, Rita spends most of her days saving lives in the emergency room.

Listen to today's episode to hear the many crazy stories Rita has to share, from her experiences of moving back home with her white boyfriend to her recounting her parent's taking away her bedroom door. Rita is down-to-earth and funny. She's also experienced things that no woman should ever have to endure.

*Music by Trent Burns: trentburnsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/outlines

*Banner Art by Faith Wang

*Cover Art by Christina Cho

Meet Emma.

Emma is a Korean-American woman who currently lives in Virginia. On her way to being an attorney in intellectual property, Emma also spends most of her days going to class, keeping up with the latest music videos, and getting drinks with friends.

Listen to today's episode to find out how Emma balances her parents' wishes along with her own life decisions. I was most intrigued to hear about the tattoo that she and her mom share.

I think you will find that she is so much more than the stereotypical Asian-American daughter.

*Music by Trent Burns: trentburnsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/outlines

*Banner Art by Faith Wang

*Cover Art by Christina Cho

Welcome! And thank you for joining me for my very first podcast series, "Not Your: China Doll."

The purpose of this series is to promote the voices, stories, experiences, and perspectives of Asian-American women within white-America. For too long, mainstream America has depicted us as the model minority (silent, submissive, and conservative) and the perpetual foreigner (asking us, “But where are you really from?” or “What’s your real name?”, assuming we are all Chinese and related, and mocking our languages and cultures). However, unlike previous generations, more Asian-American millennials are U.S. born--making these stereotypes that much more offensive and outdated. We are not invisible, but the mainstream American media has not taken the time to really see us for who we are.

Our narratives not only show our histories, cultures, and immigrant experiences but also humanizes and legitimizes each Asian American story. We are not a marginalized group who deserved to be seen of as “Other.” Drawing upon counter-storytelling as a theoretical and methodological framework of Critical Race Studies, the diverse selection of stories featured in this project serve to dismantle and complicate what it means to be an Asian woman living in America.

Listen to Our Stories.

*Music by Trent Burns: trentburnsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/outlines

*Banner Art by: Faith Wang

*Cover Art by: Christina Cho