Category: Interviews
Meet Ebony Hickey: Discovering Adoption Through Art
Adoption is an incredibly complex and individualized experience. It can bring great joy, immense sadness, and a lifetime of wondering, “who am I?”. Some adoptees…
Meet Yola Lu: How A Bucket List Item Turned Into a Career
The recent breakthrough of Ronny Chieng’s Speakeasy generated more public interest in Asian American comedians. In this article, I sit down with Yola Lu to…
Meet Smrithi Upadhyayula: An Informative Interview on Publishing
In a previous article I published on Balance Now, I analyzed the representation of Asian Americans in the U.S. publishing industry. I found that while…
Meet Aurora Hinz: Life as a Korean Transracial Adoptee
While many adoptees carry deep trauma connected to adoption, Aurora is grateful to have had a positive experience.
Meet Tia Moua, a Hmong Activist for Underrepresented Communities
The Hmong population of Washington state is uniquely small! Of the 320,000 Hmong people living in the United States, only 2,400 live in Washington state.…
Meet Dr. Ia Xiong, a Hmong Psychologist Helping Her Community
Many people have experienced intergenerational trauma. Among those are the people in the Hmong community. Many Hmong people in the US came as refugees from…
Meet RaeShawn and Lashone: From Unemployed Twins to Business Owner Sisters
During a time of global unemployment, Maryland native twin sisters RaeShawn and LaShone Middleton both got laid off on the same day that month, two…
Meet Abbey Wemimo: The Nigerian-American CEO making The Financial System More Equitable
Abbey Wemimo is an immigrant from Nigeria who became a CEO. Catalyzed by the discrimination his mother experienced through her interactions with the financial system…
Meet Natalie Romero-Marx: The Educator turned Self-Healer
Natalie Romero-Marx is an artist, filmmaker, educator, and producer from Colombia who turned to self-healing during the pandemic by connecting to her indigenous roots. “Many…
Jennifer Middleton: How a NYC Art Teacher Inspired Student Creativity
Once the lockdown began, technology has been at the forefront of communication in the United States’ education system. When the COVID-19 pandemic arose, people in…