Isabel Isabel

Mongolian YouTuber Anu Harchu on Growing Up in Ulaanbaatar

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.

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Isabel Isabel

Hong Kong Writer Talks LGBTQ+ Misconceptions in Asia

In this Pride Month special, 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.

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Isabel Isabel

Dr. Anthony Ocampo on Growing Up Filipino and Gay in LA

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.

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Isabel Isabel

Eat the Tibetan Way with Taste Tibet Husband-And-Wife Duo

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 Proudly Asian 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.

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Isabel Isabel

Hong Kong-American Product Leader on Finding the Biggest Problems to Solve

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.

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Isabel Isabel

Japanese DJ on Biases Against Japanese

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.

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Isabel Isabel

Scottish-Chinese Food Influencer on Rediscovering Hong Kong

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 tells us about confusions over growing up as a half-Chinese person and her journey battling an eating disorder.

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