In this episode, I speak with Ryan Alam, an emerging leader in tech and business. He shares his experience of working in a money-driven finance world to shifting his focus to impact investing, including his new role as VP of the Citi Impact Fun

Spiritú | Championing Small Business Owners From Around the World

Dec 3rd, 2020 47m 41s

This episode, I had such an authentic chat with Danielle Levine, the founder of emerging e-commerce brand Spiritú. The online shop is dedicated to featuring stories and products by women entrepreneurs and artisans from all over the world, makin

Episode 8: Hapa Mag | The Go-To Publication for Mixed Asian Representation

Oct 28th, 2020 49m 33s

In this episode, I had the most inspiring conversation with fellow digital creators, Alex Chester and Sam Tanabe of Hapa Mag. As editor-in-chief and managing editor, they are dedicated to creating space for the mixed Asian experience through wr

Richard Pierre | Director of Mixed-race Identity Documentary ‘What Are You?’

Aug 11th, 2020 47m 52s

This episode covers a quintessential topic of the mixed-race community: the question ‘What Are You?’ I chat with Toronto-based filmmaker Richard Pierre about his latest project, a documentary film titled “What Are You?” and the impact the film

Ngozi Kim | Using Comedy to Discuss Race, Beauty Politics, & Representation in Hollywood

Jun 23rd, 2020 44m 10s

This week, I had the pleasure to chat with Ngozi Kim, a first-generation Nigerian American actress and content producer. Ngozi has turned to comedy to create sketches and videos for her YouTube platform GoziTV, where she explores a range of sig

BritN'Blac Productions | Unexpected Duo Bringing New Stories to Life Onscreen

Jun 9th, 2020 55m 50s

This episode, I chat with the unexpected yet dynamic duo of Jasper Newman and Tevin Everett who recently partnered together to form the company BritN’Blac Productions. They are both dedicated to sharing unique stories that showcase characters g

Lee Johnson | Empowering Black & Brown Communities Through Unique Experiences

Mar 26th, 2020 43m 17s

This week I chat with Lee Johnson, entrepreneur and co-founder of the organization Our Own, who is dedicated to building up black and brown communities through life changing, consistent experiences. We talk about the importance of having exposu

Maia Villa.Vik Floyd | Comedy, Drag and Everything In Between

Mar 10th, 2020 51m 35s

This episode I sit down with Angeleno Maia Villa who is a Chicanx genderqueer actor, writer, theater director, community activist and drag king. We discuss topics that involve existing in the in-between related to gender, gentrification, spirit

Fama Locke & Tori Danner | LA Creatives Who Check Off More Than One Box

Feb 25th, 2020 49m 51s

In this episode, I chat with producer-actress-model Fama Locke and actress-model Tori Danner about their big move to LA from Paris and Kuwait, respectively. They offer a fresh take on how to think beyond race, skin tone or conventional labels o

EPISODE 1: EUNSOO JEONG | ARTIST AND CREATOR OF KOREANGRY COMIC/ZINE

Feb 7th, 2020 46m 2s

Listen to my chat with LA-based artist Eunsoo Jeong as she shares her immigration experience and how finding her identity in America led to the creation of a hilarious and punchy comic/zine Koreangry. Follow the artist: @madeinkorea1988 Follo

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