The Tao of Self-Confidence

Sunnie Giles is a new generation expert on radical innovation who takes the mystery out of what radical innovation is and how to consistently produce it. By combining her unique expertise in advanced neuroscience, complex systems approach, quantum mechanics and business, she has produced a breakthrough program called Quantum Leadership. Sunnie’s methodology has helped hundreds of leaders create a...

Michelle Wong is a small business owner and content creator in the Finance industry.  She is also the CEO of Nifty, which is the prime virtual assistant for Registered Investment Advisors bridging the gap by providing hands-on support along with the industry knowledge it takes to succeed.  Nifty believes in crafting holistic client experiences from beginning to end.  From marketing to financial pl...

Bunny Yan is  the CEO of The Squirrelz, a personalized one-stop solution to all your fashion waste liabilities. They show you how to maximize the value of these materials and channel them from every stage of your operation.  It allows designers who are looking for more sustainable solutions to the problems of a growing fabric scrap collection to list their old items for other designers to upcycle....

Jean Louise Perez, who is also known as Issa Perez, is many things such as a blogger, vlogger, writer, podcaster, freelancer and a businesswoman.  She works closely with brands both local and international, to create interesting content for her readers and followers from every place in the world.  When she is not doing that, she also focuses on creating content for various online curators and thei...

Nicki Sun is the creator and host of her own talk show, "Now You Know", which has pioneered the path for independent on-camera hosts while creating a platform that spotlights Asian American and multi-ethnic communities. Through her show, she has been privileged to collaborate and work with this generation's top talent, from digital influencers and athletes to Grammy Award-winning artists and entre...

Brigitte Truong is a multi-media host and producer.  She has solidified herself as the go-to source in Toronto for the latest trends in lifestyle and entertainment as the Cineplex VIP Pre Show Host, the Host of The Watchlist, and the Co-Founder of Quixote Media.  She is also a forward thinking digital content creator and brand ambassador. Brigitte shares what her life was like before she was able...

Karen Leong is a multi award winning cake artist and founder of Karen Leong Cake Design.  She bakes fully customized designer cakes and conduct workshops for up and coming professionals, enthusiasts and kids.  Karen started cake decorating as a hobby at eleven.  As the years went by and as she started honing her skills (she has a diploma in cake decorating and French pastry art.) , it quickly turn...

String Nguyen is a video innovator, named Top Voice on Linkedin and world traveller.  For the last three years, String has been pioneering videos on social media. Recently she was recognised as a “Top Voice” on LinkedIn and nominated for 30 under 30 Forbes Asia. She produced the award-winning Snapchat channel “Women In Tech”, and amassed over 350 Facebook Live Interviews with entrepreneurs and sta...

Sambath Meas was born in Pailin, Cambodia at a time of civil war. Having survived the effects of the Vietnam War, the Khmer Civil War, and the Maoist-inspired Khmer Rouge regime, her parents decided not to stick around for another phase of mass killings. Her family, like thousands of other Khmers, fled to the Cambodian-Thai border in 1979. After being displaced in various refugee camps for two yea...

Karencitta is an Award-Winning Actress, Recording Artist and Social Media Viral Sensation reining from Cebu City, Philippines and is now based in Los Angeles, California USA.  She established her hitmaker credentials in November 2017 with her Sinulog Electronic Pop smash hit "Cebuana", which went Top 1 Most Viral Music on Spotify PH on November 27, 2017. Her music video had 1 million views in 24 h...

Kat Gaskin is a freelance graphic designer turned creative entrepreneur.  Under her personal brand Salty Pineapple she's shown us how to "Be a Pineapple" and recently launched The Content Planner which is the first and only physical planner for your blog and social content, all while beach hopping around the world and building a community of fellow tropical dreamers. Kat shares what it means to be...

Cheryl Pierce is a nurse entrepreneur, Founder of Skinworx SF and a certified high performance coach.  She believes confidence is vital in this magical element called happiness. Self-confidence is essential for success in every aspect of our lives that can be developed.  She also believes that with self-confidence, you can accomplish every goal you set for yourself and will help you overcome fears...

Kanya Sesser is a model, skater and surfer.  Kanya was born in Pak Chong, Thailand without legs. She was abandoned on the front steps of a Buddhist temple when she was only one week old. The monks at the temple took care of her for one year until she was transferred to a Bangkok hospital.  For a few years she lived with an older loving couple that she loved to call her grandparents. It was at the...

Samantha Mariko is a model, blogger and DJ from Orange County, California, currently based in Tokyo, Japan.  After living in California for most of her life, she made the bold decision to move to Tokyo 5 years ago with the intention of starting her modeling career and has been here since.  She is currently a contributor for Cosmopolitan Japan, co-founder of La Fondue Tokyo, and former narrator for...

Chantal Umali is a Yoga Teacher and Business woman based in the Philippines. She began her yoga practice in late 2011 as an attempt to alleviate her mounting physical ailments. Little did she know that a simple home yoga practice would unravel into a miraculous journey towards weight loss, recovery from depression and a completely different lifestyle altogether. Chantal is a Yoga Alliance certifie...

Bonnie Factor is the Chief Strategist for eCFulfill which is a data science company where they can predict via data science if a product will sell in Amazon.  She has created workshops to educate Filipinos about cross border ecommerce and how it can help them.   The workshops has gained a lot of traction and is now being asked to create a series of workshops for different ecommerce avenues. Bonnie...

Joy Regullano is an actress and writer.  She went to double major in Theater/Performance Studies and Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley.  Joy is a graduate of the improv programs at Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City Hollywood, and iO West and currently performs with several sketch and improv teams across town.  TV credits include Supernatural, Raising Hope, 90210 and Castle.  She is also a...

Tiffany Parra is 22 year old graduating senior from Cal Poly, SLO.  She currently has her own podcast called Work in Progress that highlights up-and-coming creators and the process of how they got started in their own endeavors.  Tiffany also manages and creates content for an Instagram community called @flexwithfood that combines fine cuisine and streetwear. In her free time, she enjoys working o...

Alex Laughlin an audio producer at BuzzFeed News.  Before that, she was a social media editor at The Washington Post. Outside of work, Alex is on the board of advisors for an upcoming narrative podcast on Asian American identity.  Some of her highlights include making podcast for The Washington Post about mixed race identity, created Pay Up, a Slack community devoted to fostering conversation abou...

Yi Liu is a US-based Chinese(Mandarin)-English bilingual actress, trained in NYC and has credits in theater, films, documentaries, and contemporary art. The short film Joy Joy Nails, starring Yi Liu,  premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April of 2017.  She also starred in“Li-Yan, 2016”, directed by world-renowned French artist Philippe Parreno, which was exhibited in Gladstone Gallery in New Yor...

Dr. Marissa Pei is Consulting Psychologist and Celebrity Host.  She been dubbed and introduced as ‘the Asian Oprah’ to the real Oprah by Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith.  Her my life purpose is to be a Beneficial Presence on the Planet and so her life work is to splatter more hope and happiness around the world as collateral damage.  Dr. Marissa loves speaking, consulting, coaching, retreat-ing, podc...

Jackie Fernandez is a two time Emmy award winning  TV host and content creator.  She is also an Asian American advocate.  She has been in the TV industry for more than a decade and that means she lived in a lot of places.  Anchoring the morning shows in Greensboro, NC and Cleveland, Oh gave Jackie the chance to cover some of the biggest stories those cities had ever seen from Donald Trump’s RNC to...

Alice Yoo is a UCLA graduate that majored in Economics. Ever since she was 10 years old, she knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. She decided to start a website called My Modern Met, where they would showcase modern art, design and photography. With the help of her brother, they grew the audience to about 3 million visitors a month and worked with large brands creating content for them  from Cad...

Victoria Paredes Herrera is a creative entrepreneur.  She launched a consulting firm and boutique agency called Next Theory with the services of branding and concept development, marketing and communication strategy, and social media strategy and execution.  Victoria is also the co-founder of She Talks Asia, women’s conference and media platform with the intention of sharing diverse women perspect...

Shaen Yeo is the first Singaporean graduate of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program at the University of Pennsylvania. Shaen has been featured on the national TV documentary ‘Chasing Happiness’, appeared in MyPaper, Singapore’s top executive newspaper, and shared her wisdom on national radio 938LIVE. Shaen has more than 10 years experience in the education sector. As founder of...