‘Asena Taione-Filihia

‘Asena Taione-Filihia is a Tongan American educator and community organizer. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Asian American Resource Center (AARC) at Pomona College, a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Outside of the college setting, she cofounded the non-profit organization Pasifika Inland Empire Coalition for Empowerment (PIECE), which serves Pasifika

Sheng Thao

Sheng Thao is a Hmong American politician, currently serving as the mayor of Oakland, California. Assuming office in 2023, she became the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States. Thao is also the youngest person to be the mayor of Oakland in 75 years, as well as the first person

Ashley Park

Ashley Park is a Grammy and Tony-nominated Korean American actress, singer, and dancer. In 2014, Park’s decorated career started with her Broadway debut in Mamma Mia!. She then starred in The King and I, Sunday in the Park with George, KPOP, and Mean Girls, to name a few. More recently, Park landed roles in the

Amanda Nguyen

Amanda Nguyen is a Vietnamese American civil rights activist and social entrepreneur. As a sexual assault victim who experienced the injustices of the existing system, Nguyen founded Rise, a bipartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of sexual assault survivors and teaching people how to write and pass their own bills. She wrote

MariNaomi

MariNaomi is an award-winning Japanese American author and illustrator. Most of their work explores their identity and experiences in the form of autobiographical comics. In one of MariNaomi’s first memoirs, Turning Japanese, they capture their experience working in illegal hostess bars in San Jose and Japan to connect with their culture and learn the language

Erik Spoelstra

Erik Spoelstra is a Filipino and Dutch-Irish American that is the head coach of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). When Spoelstra became the head coach of the Miami Heat in 2008, he became the first Asian American head coach in the history of the four major sports leagues in the United

Lulu Antariksa

Lulu Antariksa is an Indonesian and German American actress knowing for her role as Penelope Park in The CW show Legacies. Antariksa was born in Los Angeles and is the youngest of four children. She started in modeling and began acting at an early age. Her breakout role was as Stevie Baskara on the 2012

No’u Revilla

No’u Revilla is a queer ʻŌiwi (Hawaiian) poet, performer, and educator. Her poetry has been featured in Poetry and Literary Hub as well as the Honolulu Museum of Art. Much of her work centers on gender, sexuality, belonging, and indigeneity. In 2021, Revilla was the first ʻŌiwi to win the National Poetry Series competition. Her

API Equality-LA

Asians and Pacific Islanders for LGBTQ Equality in Los Angeles (API Equality-LA) focuses on empowering Asian and Pacific Islander communities to achieve LGBTQ, racial, and social justice. Their current campaign focuses on organizing community members to increase access to LGBTQ affirming and culturally responsive mental healthcare, promoting holistic community wellness, and creating supportive and affirming

Chella Man

Chella Man is a Chinese American actor, model, artist, and activist. He has been outspoken about his experiences as a transgender, deaf, genderqueer, Asian and Jewish person of color. Man launched his YouTube channel in 2017, sharing his transition process and has since expanded to showcasing content from his many different intersectional identities. Much of