Citizen Sister

Send us Fan Mail In this heartfelt episode Stephanie interviews Eric Tuan, an accomplished composer and conductor and the artistic director of the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir and The Columbia Choirs of Metropolitan Seattle's artistic director Katrina Turman.  Both Eric and Katrina have come to the Island as part of the Asian Arts and Heritage Festival's annual Japanese Herita...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie talks all about the 3rd annual Asian Arts and Heritage of Festival on Bainbridge Island! It's May; Asian American, Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Month and this means it is also Asian Arts and Heritage of Festival month!  Stephanie takes you through how they celebrate on Bainbridge Island and all the events! She shares the new mission statement, why it w...

Send us Fan Mail Start the Lunar New Year with a reset that actually means something. I’m pulling back the curtain on why I paused Citizen Sister, how the word citizen changed under our feet, and what it takes to build a show that holds both connection and discomfort with honesty. This is a candid look at belonging in 2026—where passports once felt like keys, where perception can override document...

Send us Fan Mail  Welcome to SEASON 3 of Citizen Sister!!! Such an exciting season ahead! For our first episode of season 3 we celebrate the last week of Filipino American History month with an extraordinary guest! Recorded at San Francisco’s Pistahan Parade & Festival, Stephanie does her first ever episode with a live audience as she spotlights Beverly Desuasido—three-time Emmy Award–winning...

Send us Fan Mail Citizen Brother flips the mic on host Stephanie Reese while Pistahan founder Al Perez joins in. Together they chart how Bainbridge’s Asian Arts & Heritage Festival and San Francisco’s 30-year Pistahan are linking arms as true sister celebrations of Asian culture.  Support the show Follow me Facebook Follow me on Youtube Follow me on Instagram

Send us Fan Mail Finally! Stephanie Welcomes to the podcast her dear friend Al Perez, who is the Filipino American Arts Exposition president and has held this position for 18 years!  He is also a commissioner of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission.  Find out how Al inspired and mentored Stephanie to create Bainbridge Island's first ever Asian Arts and Heritage Festival and all about th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie interviews the incredible Rex Navarrete!  He is not only an extraordinary human being but he is FUNNY....yup- Rex is the OG Filipino American comedian.  Find out more about how he began, how he created a new genre of comedy and how that inspired Stephanie and others to embrace the 'funny' in their roots and culture! Rex is also just about to com...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie breaks down year 2 of the Asian Arts and Heritage Festival that she created last year with the many extraordinary people in the community.  Find out how last year's 4 event festival turned into a 16 (and maybe more) events this year! So much heartfelt inspiration and love will be happening through the entire month of May from the first ever Korean He...

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie comes back to the pod after a long hiatus - find out WHY? From a family health crisis, family in the Palisades Fire and sad news about her fur baby Obi, Stephanie breaks down where she has been, why she took a pod break and finally makes a comeback to one of her biggest loves: Citizen Sister! Her 4th installment of the Travel Series takes us to Lake Garda! Find out which...

Send us Fan Mail Where is Tyrol? It’s the border between Austria and Italy and absolutely stunning! In this episode learn about this unique travel destination!  The beautiful town of San Lorenzen is home to several spa and wellness hotels tucked into the mountains.  Listen to how Stephanie learns how doing what you actually want to do on a vacation and not what you feel obligated to do can be chal...

Send us Fan Mail In this special mini episode Stephanie and Matthew talk about the short time they had in Munich when everything was closed! Find out how they spent their day and how being a non pressured tourist is the way to go!  The best food of their trip? Would you believe it was Asian? What was the most extraordinary ordinary thing about Munich? Listen and find out!  And stay tuned for the n...

Send us Fan Mail If you love travel as much as Stephanie does you will love this series! After a six week journey to through Europe Stephanie is back! And of course she wants to share this amazing journey with all of you with this travel series of episodes! In each episode Stephanie and her husband Matthew talk to us from their car and deep dive into where they just were as they drive to their nex...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie interviews the Extraordinary Qi Gong master, healer, artist, musician, performer and TEDx speaker Anna Choi! Find out how this incredible and dynamic woman went from being an accomplished musician and successful financial planning business owner to losing it all due to burn out and physical exhaustion and how she healed her life and turned it all around t...

Send us Fan Mail As a fan of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Stephanie was familiar with The Agency, a fancy Beverly Hills real estate company that decided to branch out to Bainbridge Island! In this episode, Stephanie deep dives into all things real estate with an extraordinary power couple, Mark Middleton and Suzy Legier, who are the managing partners of this new company. Having just opene...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie interviews her dear friend and fellow UNICEF performer and Extraordinary singer Dorrey Lyles. They deep dive into Dorrey’s roots, how she ended up in Germany, her deep love for her family, and most of all, how faith and her family are the backbone for everything in her life. Hear Dorrey’s incredible voice at the beginning and the end of the episode and be...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we find out where Stephanie has been…? In Los Angeles doing a Filipino opera ‘Karim At Jasmin’ under the direction of her extraordinary guest: Dr. Ramon Geluz! Stephanie does a deep dive into the mind and background of this extraordinary man that she refers to as magical, because as you will hear, he channels all his work and has a spiritual tone to what has inspir...

Send us Fan Mail In celebration of AAHPI month, Stephanie highlights her favorite Asian American artist - her sister Melissa Reese! Hear how it all began because this is a re-release of Citizen Sister's first episode ever! A beautiful archived episode of humor, inspiration and love! Support the show Follow me Facebook Follow me on Youtube Follow me on Instagram

Send us Fan Mail In this special Mother’s Day episode Stephanie interviews the extraordinary Gina Corpuz– producer, creator and narrator of her film Honor Thy Mother’. Stephanie learns the history of the Indipino (Filipino and indigenous mix) and the history and journey of Indigenous women and their journey to Bainbridge Island. Hear what made Stephanie spontaneously cry and the beautiful connecti...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie is interviewed by her dear friend ‘Really’ Denise Stoughton about her dream realized, Bainbridge Island’s first ever Asian Arts and Heritage Festival! Learn about how it came to be, why it’s important and what to expect!  Stephanie introduces the episode with her thoughts about how this dream wasn’t about the final result of the festival but about the jou...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Stephanie introduces us to her dear friend, actress Shane LaLonde! Find out what her time with Bob Barker was like on the Price is Right- her audition, backstage stories and she even tells us what it felt like to spin the big wheel! Shane balanced being a mom, a wife to a famous rock musician (Ler LaLonde -guitarist in Primus) and being on the biggest game show wit...

Send us Fan Mail She is fabulous, she is a fashionista, a designer and a writer and she LOVES mailboxes! Find out how this once upon a time club kid from NYC became Bainbridge Island’s mailbox lady! We deep dive into Denise’s background and how she and her fellow New York club kids influenced a nation in fashion, social acceptance and freedom of expression!   Now a fellow Bainbridge Islander, Deni...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel recently completed the feature film, ‘Ingress’ which she wrote, directed and starred in.  Nominated for upward of 10 awards in international film festivals, it is slated for release in early 2024. Rachel is currently in production on the feature film ‘Inheritance’ as a writer, producer and lead actor. Filming October of 2023 on Bainbridge Island. Rachel’s message in this ep...

Send us Fan Mail This is it friends, the episode Stephanie has been talking about since last summer. Stephanie interviews her dear friend Kristina Love. They talk about her humble beginnings, what it takes to  survive being in the entertainment business and of course they deep dive into Kristina’s epic time playing Tina Turner from Germany to the West End. Hear the advice Tina gave Kristina about...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Stephanie updates everyone on why the long wait for a new episode. After Harold (her dad) suffered a heart attack, Stephanie covers what navigating through the new normal of real caretaking looks like. Advocacy, love, pain, humor and everything in between... This is the episode that gets real. Share your thoughts on it by writing us on Instagram and Facebook. &quo...

Send us Fan Mail Todd played with the 76ers and the Nets and is also an amazing pinball wizard and collector. Yet that isn’t even the most amazing thing about him- the MOST amazing thing about Todd is his endearing and sweet personality and his genuine kindness and gift of the gab! Stephanie and her co hosts Matthew and Beau sit down with Todd to talk about everything from his time in the NBA, bei...