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Welcome to a new era of Asian America. In the last decade, we’ve shattered stereotypes, opened up more opportunities, and raised our voices as a community. Glowing Up Asian is a podcast that breaks down the stereotypes and expectations about what it means to thrive as an Asian in America. Each episode welcomes a new guest to reflect on what it was like growing up Asian, how that’s changed for the next generation, and what that means for parents today. Together, we’ll explore their ‘glow up’ ...
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Glowing Up Asian with Jeremy Lin and his mom Shirley Lin
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What does it mean to thrive as an Asian in America? Jeremy Lin and his mom, Shirley, join the Glowing Up Asian podcast to discuss his glow-up origin story before "Linsanity" put the former National Basketball Association (NBA) champion on the world stage. Throughout his childhood and college years at Harvard, Jeremy was a student-athlete finding ba…
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Glowing Up Asian with Owl Venture’s Ian Chiu
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Technology isn’t just changing how we learn – it’s changing what we need to learn. Owl Venture’s Ian Chiu joins the Glowing Up Asian podcast to share his glow up origin story. His path to becoming an investor in education technology was not a straight line. He spent many years exploring different careers and industries to discover his passion. In t…
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Glowing Up Asian with Asia Society’s Katie Soo
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Representation starts with being in the rooms where decisions are made. Asia Society Southern California Board Chair and Trustee, Katie Soo, joins the Glowing Up Asian podcast to share her glow up origin story: How her early dreams of becoming a painter and artist eventually led her to become an executive leader at several major Hollywood studios a…
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Advocacy and allyship is not limited to community organizers or those in the highest levels of leadership. Prisca Bae, Chief Partnership Officer at The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) joins the Glowing Up Asian podcast to share her glow up origin story: From growing up in the suburbs of Chicago after immigrating from South Korea as a young child, …
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Glowing Up Asian with LingoAce’s Hugh Yao
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Learning another language as a child can open up so many future opportunities. Hugh Yao, husband, father, and LingoAce Founder and CEO, joins the Glowing Up Asian podcast to share his glow up origin story: how he started learning English at 12 years old and how that propelled him into an international career throughout Asia. He would eventually lau…
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