Asian American Heritage

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl serves as the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City and is the first woman to lead Central’s Reform congregation in its 180-year history.

While still awaiting his flight assignment, Kim will become the first Korean-American to head to space..

Astronaut Daniel (Dan) Tani is a former astronaut who has spent 132 days in space over 3 missions..

Arjun Rampal is an Indian film actor, producer, model and a television host. Through his career in Bollywood movies.

Hrithik Roshan is an Indian film actor known for his versatility He starred in the blockbusters "Koi... Mil Gaya" and its sequel "Krrish.

Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles.

Janina Gavankar is an actress and musician. Gavankar's most notable roles are that of "Papi", in The L Word.

Born on February 28, 1984, in New York City, Noureen DeWulf has always been passionate about acting.

She is fluent in Hawaiian language and can communicate in several other Polynesian dialects

Geena Rocero, born and raised in Manila, Philippines, is an Award Winning Producer, Writer, Director, Model, Public Speaker.

Nineteen-year Studio veteran Kevin Tsujihara became Chairman.

Yunjin Kim is a Korean American film and theatre actress, best known outside South Korea.

Bae Doona is a South Korean actress and photographer. Bae first became known outside Korea for her roles.

Grace will also be seen in the new CBS series INTELLIGENCE set to premiere Fall 2013.

Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories.

Purdy starred as Cherita Chen in the 2001 film Donnie Darko.

Hettienne Park is an American actress and writer, best known for her role as Beverly Katz.

Tia Carrere is of Chinese, Spanish and Filipino descent.

The son of a Japanese businessman and a Taiwanese homemaker, Takeshi Kaneshiro has two elder brothers.

Brianne Tju is an actress, known for "Lilly's Light," "Pass the Light," "Liv and Maddie" and MTV's "Scream.

Fiona Xie is a Singaporean actress, variety show host.

Lisa Nishimura serves as Vice President, Original Documentary and Comedy Programming at Netflix.

Dan Lin is an American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures).

On February 13th, 1968, a girl of Chinese, English, and Hawaiian ancestry was born in Honolulu,

Maya was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and later moved with her family to Hawai'i.

Teddy Zee is a Chinese film producer and executive. He has served as Executive Vice President at Columbia Pictures.

Kelvin Yu is an actor, Executive Producer, and Emmy-winning writer on the hit animated series “Bob's Burgers” on FOX.

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an abolitionist disability justice advocate.

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman

Manuel Luis Jacinto is a Filipino-born Canadian actor. After several small appearances on television, his breakout role came in 2016.

Michelle Zauner is best known as a singer and guitarist who creates dreamy.

Christine Ha is the first-ever blind contestant and season 3 winner of the competitive amateur.

Edward Lee is the Chef/Owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY and the Culinary Director for Succotash.

 Soo made her feature film debut in Fabien Constant’s HERE AND NOW, opposite Sarah Jessica Parker

Karrueche Tran is an actress and model. She is best known as Virginia Loc on TNT's series "Claws."

Kunal Nayyar is a British-Indian actor known for his role as Raj Koothrappali in the CBS sitcom.

Michelle Kwan is the most-decorated skater in U.S. Figure Skating history, having won two Olympic medals, five World titles.

Daniel Wu is a Hong Kong American actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films.

Born in Seoul, and adopted at the age of three to a German/Irish family in Philadelphia. He was ashamed to be the token Asian guy.

Ishibashi has gone on to work consistently over the years with recurring and guest star roles on numerous television

Michael Yo is an actor, TV host, Hollywood expert and stand-up comedian who has two Emmy nominations.

Ashley C. Ford lives in Brooklyn by way of Indiana. She is currently writing her memoir, Somebody's Daughter..

Ukonwa Ojo is the Chief Marketing Officer, Prime Video & Amazon Studios.

Aisha Fukushima is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer-Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist).

Higa co-founded Ninja Melk, LLC in 2016, which premiered an energy drink in 2019.

Following more than 16 years with CNN, Sachi Koto launched a public relations and communications firm, Sachi Koto Communications, Inc. in in July, 2005.  

Booboo Stewart is an American singer, dancer, model and actor best known for playing Seth Clearwater a werewolf in "The Twilight Saga."

James Rhee is an expert in change. He unites mathematical and creative systems to identify and amplify purpose and goodwill, creating sustainable value through the design of human-centered operations.

The Valley of Amazement is Amy Tan’s seventh novel since her debut in 1989 with The Joy Luck Club.

Eva Chen is the director of fashion partnerships at Instagram and a children's book author. Previously she was editor-in-chief of Lucky and beauty and health director at Teen Vogue.