Proudly Asian

#ProudlyAsianFoodMonth: Kyikyi, the Oregon-based Tibetan-American chef and entrepreneur of Himalayan Dumplings, joins Proudly Asian to talk about her experience growing up in Nepal and India before immigrating to the US where she founded the country’s first woman-owned Tibetan frozen food brand. Follow Kyikyi on Instagram: https://instagram.com/himalayandumplings ----------------------------------...

#ProudlyAsianFoodMonth: Nelson Htoo, the co-founder of hospitality group Common Abode, joins Proudly Asian to talk about how he decided to establish Hong Kong’s first and only Burmese restaurant. The Yangon native also talks about how he raised awareness about Myanmar’s coup with a menu. Follow Nelson on Instagram  ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly...

Award-winning Investigative Journalist Ian Yee joins Proudly Asian to talk about his experience growing up as a Malaysian-Chinese and what got him started in journalism. The investigative journalism team led by Ian is known for pushing through the Sexual Offences Against Children Act in the Parliament of Malaysia and winning the United Nations Malaysia Award.  The co-founder of media startup...

Mauie Muñoz, a Filipino business development associate based in Manila, joins Proudly Asian to talk about her experience growing up in the Philippines, why not every Filipino youth has an American dream, and the Filipino identities.  Follow Mauie on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagra...

Anu Harchu, a Mongolian content creator, joins Proudly Asian to talk about her experience growing up in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. With over 94k subscribers on her YouTube channel, the former broadcast journalist also talks about the media landscape in Mongolia and her upcoming project.  Follow Anu on Youtube and Instagram ------------------------------------------------------...

Kyle Yue, a Paris-based writer who was born and raised in Hong Kong, joins Proudly Asian to talk about growing up gay in Hong Kong, his coming out experience, and harmful misconceptions about the LGBTQ+ community in Asia.  Follow Kyle on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://...

Proudly Asian returns with a brand new season! In this Pride Month special episode, Dr. Anthony Ocampo, a Filipino-American author and sociologist, shares his experience growing up brown and gay in LA and his take on how to define Asian identities.  Follow Anthony on Instagram and Twitter ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - http...

In this solo episode, Proudly Asian Podcast Host Isabel talks about a recent milestone, why she does what she does, and what’s next for Proudly Asian.  ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ S...

Kevin Cureau, a French-Chinese luxury watch specialist, joins us to talk about his experience growing up in a French-Chinese household, how he got started with a career in the luxury watch industry, and what he thinks about various French stereotypes.  Follow Kevin on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly...

Claudia Cheung, a Hong Kong-born Canadian digital marketer, talks to us about her experience growing up between Hong Kong, Toronto, and Xiamen, and harmful stereotypes of Asian women.  Follow Claudia on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube...

Danny Park, a South Korean journalist who covers all things cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and metaverse, talks to us about what K-dramas tell us about the Korean society and his favorite metaverse.  Follow Danny on Twitter ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asi...

Yeshi Jampa and Julie Kleeman - the English-Tibetan husband and wife team who co-authored the cookbook “Taste Tibet: Family Recipes of the Himalayans” - join us to talk about Yeshi’s semi-nomadic childhood in rural Tibet, the shared love of food that brought them together, and Himalayan food culture and practices including mindful living and eating.  Follow Taste Tibet on Instagram and Twitte...

Aanchal Wadhwani, a Hong Kong born and raised Indian photographer, model, actress, and entrepreneur who owns four businesses in the creative industry, talks to us about Asian representation in media, and her entrepreneurial pursuit to challenge biases.  Follow Aanchal on Instagram   ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https...

Clarice Chan, Wisconsin-born and Hong Kong-raised American product leader, is currently a product manager at Meta. Based in Washington DC, Clarice has also worked at the White House, NASA, Adobe, Microsoft, and Disney. She talks to us about how her background influences the way she builds products, and how the meaning of being Asian evolved over time for herself, her mother and grandmother. ...

Yinki Nicole Wong, Hong Kong wellness entrepreneur, talks to us about the power of the feminine and mental health in Asian communities. BONUS - 59:32 - Calming sound healing session guided by Yinki at the end of the episode💆🏻‍♀️ Follow Yinki on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - http...

Kat Lieu, the Vietnamese-Chinese American founder of Subtle Asian Baking, talks to us about baking the Asian way, violence against Asians in America, and her upcoming cookbook “Modern Asian Baking At Home”.  Follow Subtle Asian Baking on Instagram and Facebook ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagr...

Annie Cheng, a Filipino-Chinese American nursing graduate who is also the founder of Ube Books, talks to us about the contributions of Filipino nurses made during the pandemic.  Follow Ube Books on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - ht...

Jacqueline Garwood, an Amsterdam-based British-Macanese-Filipino digital marketer joins us to talk about feeling like a perpetual foreigner even in the city that raised her, and what breakfast was like growing up.  ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtu...

Gavin Yeung, a Canadian-born Hong Kong dining editor who has worked at publications including Hypebeast and VOGUE Hong Kong talks to us about growing up as a third culture kid and giving cocktails an Asian twist.  Follow Gavin on Instagram ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagra...

Ravi Prakash, a 29 year-old software engineer from Patna tells us about how growing up Indian shaped his personal beliefs and why he does not mind getting racist comments.  ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBz...

Hitomi Kageyama, an Osaka-native based in Hong Kong who occasionally performs as a DJ at large scale events for top luxury fashion houses. She speaks with us about growing up in a Japanese household, expectations from the society, and biases against Japanese people.  ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com...

Amber Lai, a 25 year-old Scottish-Chinese F&B PR and marketing professional who was born and raised in Hong Kong. Previously a dining editor, Amber runs a successful food Instagram page @followingmystomach . She will be telling us about confusions over growing up as a half-Chinese person and her journey battling an eating disorder.  -------------------------------------------------------...