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Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Chloe Dao – fashion designer/winner of television show Project Runway [11] Dat Phan – comedian, winner of first Last Comic Standing [12] Jonas Bevacqua (1977–2011) – adopted Vietnamese American fashion designer; Michelle Phan – YouTube beauty guru; Linda Le – cosplayer and model; Hung Huynh – chef, Top Chef season 3 winner
Huping Ling (令狐萍) – professor of History at Truman State University, author; Liu Kwang-ching (劉廣京) – Historian of late imperial China; University of California, Davis. Betty Lee Sung (宋李瑞芳) – former professor of Asian-American Studies at City College of New York; 'leading authority' on Chinese Americans [26] [27]
The Center for Asian American Media has become a big supporter of Cho’s and commissioned her to make several cookie portraits of people featured in a PBS documentary series called “Asian ...
Firsts by Asian-Americans in various fields have historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for them is "breaking the color barrier". [ 4 ] One commonly cited example is that of Wataru Misaka , who became the first person of color, [ 5 ] and the first Asian-American, to be a National ...
The report, released Tuesday by the nonprofit Asian American Foundation, surveyed over 6,200 people above the age of 16 across the U.S. on their attitudes toward the Asian American community.
YouTubers are people mostly known for their work on the video sharing platform YouTube. The following is a list of YouTubers for whom Wikipedia has articles either under their own name or their YouTube channel name. This list excludes people who, despite having a YouTube presence, are primarily known for their work elsewhere.
Michelle Yeoh just became the first Asian actress to win the academy award for best actress. She took the stage on Sunday night very emotional and began her speech with a shoutout to people ...