In this episode, we sit down with Margaret Von Rotz, a Teach for America corp member working in Hawaii. We talk about what the character and movie Moana means to her, the American dream, brown girls in a white world, and family ties. 

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In this episode we sit down with Geri Madanguit, a data scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center. We discuss her love for the character Nani from Lilo and Stitch, the pressures of growing up as the eldest of four, and what it's like to be Filipino-American in a world that doesn't necessarily see her identity. 

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We are making some changes to the UW podcast! Now, through the lens of fictional characters, we will examine the ways women of color in our lives are embracing or breaking the narratives created by popular culture.

In this episode, we discuss Sense8's Bak Sun with Lishu He, a PhD student at the Medical College of Wisconsin. We talk about Asian identity, WOC in STEM, kickboxing, and more.

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