Maggie Chui is the co-founder of the Asian Hustle Network. She was born and raised in San Francisco and she currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Maggie comes from a Finance background and work in tech. She started a Facebook group called Asian Hustle Network that offers a global platform for Asian entrepreneurs and hustlers to be able to share their businesses, uplift and support each other, and feel empowered to pursue their dreams. The group has gained over 9,000 members in over a mo...
Apr 09, 2020•13 min•Season 5Ep. 799
Emily Piggford is a Canadian Screen Award-nominated actress currently based in Toronto. Her passion for performance began as a child with singing, dance, violin, piano and, when she was eleven, her first musical. Since then, Emily has earned a BFA in theatre from the University of Victoria, graduated from the Canadian Film Centre CBC Actors Conservatory, become an artistic associate of the movement- based theatre company, Impulse Theatre, toured internationally with the revolutionary Canadian St...
Apr 08, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 798
Kim Fernandez is a professional model, writer, and Co-Founder of KimChi Communications. She started modelling professionally when she was 17 years old after joining Ford Supermodel of the World Philippines and finishing as a runner up in the competition. She was still in college when she started modelling so she had to juggle both of her studies and career. Pretty much almost 10 years of her life was dedicated to modelling. Kim has had a couple of corporate jobs, working for an ad agency and a c...
Apr 07, 2020•8 min•Season 5Ep. 797
Crystal Ro is the Senior Editor at BuzzFeed, writing viral content and quizzes focusing on women, pop culture, and trending stories. She focuses on a lot of content around women’s interests and also doing illustrations which are mostly about periods, Disney Princesses, and Keanu Reeves. Sometimes all at the same time. She was born in New Hampshire and graduated from St. Andrews in Scotland. Crystal was once called the “Mother of Dragons and Period Drawings.” Crystal shares how she was able to cr...
Apr 06, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 796
Amber Inthavong a freelance writer, a self published author and outdoor adventure blogger for Colorado Caribou. She has an MBA with three years in content creating, freelance writing for local magazines and outdoor adventure websites. Amber is passionate about blogging and collaborating with Asian Am/Women Led/Outdoor Organizations. She is also the author of Glow Up, her first self published book which is about transforming to become your “best self” and the best version of who you are. Ambers s...
Apr 03, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 795
Dr. Gia Sison is the head of Women’s Wellness Center at Makati Medical Center. She is a doctor specializing in Occupational Medicine and is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas. She is also a breast cancer survivor and advocate, serving as the Philippine Leader for Livestrong Foundation. Her blog, Sand and Stone is all about the concept of – you mark things you want to remember in stone and write those you want to forget on sand to be washed away forever. It is her personal blog that cont...
Apr 02, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 794
Kathy Wong is the founder of Quest for Calm, a private online community to promote growth and healing through social learning material, guides, resources, accountability partners and much more. She is a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health, the largest grassroots mental health organization) advocate working to bring awareness to ending the stigma of mental illness as well as working with legislation to improve mental health services in New York. She is born and raised New Yorker with a backg...
Apr 01, 2020•8 min•Season 5Ep. 793
Suneera Madhani is the CEO and Founder of Fattmerchant and Mom Boss Co. Fattmerchant is a transparent, subscription- based model with its' integrated payment platform called Omni. Now processing 5 billion in payments, Fattmerchant is recognized as the top 5% of Fastest growing companies in America by INC. Suneera’s inspirational startup story and her success in raising 20 million in venture capital as a minority woman - has been featured in high profile publications such as Forbes, Fast Company,...
Mar 31, 2020•18 min•Season 5Ep. 792
Sarah May Low is Malaysia’s No. 1 Tarot Reader. Apart from being Malaysia's No. 1 Tarot Reader, Sarah is also a chakra healer, shoe designer, a professional singer, dancer, stage actress, emcee, and was formerly Miss Malaysia Earth Energetic 2013. Sarah holds a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication (majoring in Journalism & Public Relations) and also a Masters degree in Performing Arts (Dance). In her free time (when she is not busy saving the world), she plays the Ukulele. Sarah first stud...
Mar 30, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 791
Hannah Chan is a fitness business coach. She teaches fitness coaches how to scale their online businesses without a website, thousands of followers or spending a dime on paid ads. Before that, she was into competitive powerlifting and took the Great Britain and international powerlifting scene by storm. She won the British championships in 2015 and going onto breaking multiple British records while representing team GB internationally in 2016-2017 where she placed 3rd in the European championshi...
Mar 27, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 790
Winnie Mak is the founder of One Dear World which is a collection of multicultural dolls and storybook that allow different children to be represented in toys and books and allow parents to introduce diversity to children from an early age. She has been featured on BBC, Huffpost and more. Winnie wants all children to grow up having a secure self image, appreciating themselves as they are and learning to respect others. Winnie shares about how she was able to create One Dear World and why it's im...
Mar 26, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 789
Angi Phillips is a calligrapher, graphic designer and calligraphy teacher, specializing in modern handwritten script and hand-lettered design for corporate events and weddings, for business applications like logos, products and publications, large-scale script murals, and in person, live lettering at events. She is also the founder of Angelique, Ink which is a creative studio of calligraphy and design providing hand lettered design work for brands and events, and custom stationery and calligraph...
Mar 25, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 788
Xandra Robinson-Burns is an Essayist and the Founder of Heroine Training. 'The Queen of Character Development', she writes about being the protagonist of her own story, and finding storybook magic in everyday life. Her membership programme, Everyday Wonderland, helps readers discover magic where they already are, away from screens. She also hosts The Art Life, a weekly podcast and emerging philosophy on what it means to be an artist in the modern age. A TEDx speaker and Oxford graduate, her work...
Mar 24, 2020•7 min•Season 5Ep. 787
Leannah Lumauig is a Life Coach originally from San Francisco. She has over a decade of experience working in Silicon Valley for companies like Adobe, eBay and PayPal. She is now based in Bali pursuing her dreams of helping women build meaningful and fulfilling lives and businesses. She enjoys surfing, playing her ukulele and pugs. Leannah shares how she decided to make herself a priority and started doing things for herself instead of pleasing others. She also shares tips that can help you in y...
Mar 23, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 786
Joy Cho is the Founder and Creative Director of Oh Joy! and has been running a successful business for over 13 years. Launched in 2005 as a graphic design studio, Oh Joy! is now a lifestyle brand and design studio that includes various licensed product lines and a daily editorial content with a focus on design, fashion, food, and joyful moments from everyday life. Oh Joy! creates a wide range of licensed products including home décor, kids, pet, and furniture collections with brands such as Targ...
Mar 20, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 785
Alex Chester is the Editor-in-Chief of Hapa Mag, an online publication written by Hapas for everyone. Alex is also a co-host on the podcast We’re Not All Ninjas and she is part of the first Asian American Sketch Comedy Troupe “Model Majority." Alex can also be seen in several National Commercials including H&M, UPS, and Popeyes. She has been performing since she was 5 years old. Some favorite theatre credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas” at Madison Square Garden. Little Red Riding ...
Mar 19, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 784
Divyanka Sehdev is the founder of Womenlite, a website is completely dedicated to women and their world. The website includes various categories which are related to women and their lifestyle. At Womenlite, the aim is to spread awareness among women about a number of issues related to their health, beauty, lifestyle, relationships and inspire them to achieve great heights in life. The articles written are specially created in a women-centric way, where each post reflects its relationship with wo...
Mar 18, 2020•8 min•Season 5Ep. 783
Krystl Fabella is the creator of the Filipina On The Rise which is podcast and platform that spotlights Filipina powerhouses, their journeys and celebrating what it means to be Filipina. Born in the Philippines, she observed first-hand stark-class disparities between impoverished and privileged communities, fuelling her pursuit to break down barriers that underserved communities face and use education as a vehicle for empowerment. While attending UC San Diego, her passion for social justice, act...
Mar 17, 2020•14 min•Season 5Ep. 782
Alyssa Marie is the co-host of the Tea Talk podcast and a blogger. Her personal mission is to be her best self mentally, physically, and spiritually. Alyssa's blog is a little bit of fashion, a dash of storytelling, a sprinkle of her lifestyle, and #alwaysalyssamarie. Alyssa is also the co-host of the Tea Talk podcast, where she and her co-host navigate the challenges of adulthood including the journey of self-discovery, self-love, finding a career path, love and dating, family relationships and...
Mar 16, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 781
Eva Chan is the co-founder of Launch Pop which is dedicated to helping ambitious entrepreneurs to define and dominate a new generation of business.. At the age of 22, Eva joined Canada’s first beauty box subscription startup called, Luxe Box, as the creative director. After the sale of Luxe Box, she became the co-founder of Exact Media which is an in-home sampling platform helping CPG companies like P&G and Unilever to finely target shoppers in their homes through online parcels such as GILT...
Mar 13, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 780
Dingding Hu is a New York based illustrator. She loves drawing characters, making stories and specializes in documenting daily life in a simplified modern digital style and presenting it with little surprises and humor. She has designed stickers for Google Allo, illustrated public art for Department of Transportation NYC and Museum of Chinese in America, as well as created editorial illustration for the New York Times, among others. Dingding loves food and has created her own product line, based...
Mar 12, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 779
Jacquelyn Son is the co-host of a top-rated podcast, Glow Radio, and digital content creator on Youtube and Instagram. Ever since Jacquelyn was in high school, she knew she wanted to be a CEO when she grew up. She is now living out her dream, but not in the way she expected. Jacquelyn worked in the fitness industry and corporate world for 5+ years and struggled with finding balance. She dealt with health and mindset issues such as binge eating, orthorexia, adrenal fatigue, hormonal imbalances, P...
Mar 11, 2020•8 min•Season 5Ep. 778
Berna Anat is your Financial Hype Woman. That’s her made-up way of saying that she creates videos, articles and other ridiculous Internet Things to teach young people about money. Berna is a financial literacy educator, a video producer, a speaker, and a writer. She is also first-generation Filipina-American, a “micro-influencer”, a 3B-3C curl, and a Trojan. In 2017, she paid off $50,000 in debt, saved enough money to quit her job at Instagram, and booked a one-way ticket to New Zealand with her...
Mar 10, 2020•14 min•Season 5Ep. 777
Dipali Patel is a 40 year old, divorced, single mom of two wonderful boys living in a complicated culture that has a hard time accepting strong women. She has been told that our value is immeasurable without a man or that you have to live with limitations due to age. She proves that to be untrue daily. She is a fitness lover, marathoner, and a business owner and she is not an expert on any of this. In fact, she is still learning. Through her social media account, she aims to provide insightful c...
Mar 09, 2020•8 min•Season 5Ep. 776
Kristen Meinzer is an award-winning host, commentator, speaker, producer, and author specializing in contemporary social issues and popular culture. Her work has been celebrated in Time Magazine, Bust, Vice, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, Jezebel, Real Simple, Indiewire, and dozens of other publications. It’s also been showcased on NPR’s The Big Listen, NPR’s All Things Considered, Buzzfeed News, and more. She was also named “one of the 22 most influential women in podcasting” by Washington...
Mar 06, 2020•13 min•Season 5Ep. 775
Shereen Kassam is a multi-faceted creative. She is an internationally touring stand-up comedian who has performed worldwide on stages from New York to Saigon. Named Florida’s Funniest Female, she has also appeared on HBO and NBC. Shereen was the previous winner of the Orlando Improv Clash of the Comics and the Brickell Comedy Festival. She has had the opportunity to work with Arsenio Hall, Carlos Mencia, Gina Brillon, Rodney Perry, and Myq Kaplan. Shereen is also the host of the top-rated Apple ...
Mar 05, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 774
Joni Rae is the CEO of The Mindset Group. Joni has over 12 years of management consulting experience at Booz Allen Hamilton and Deloitte Consulting. She has led enterprise-wide transformations at numerous government agencies and small businesses. As an executive coach, master facilitator, and business consultant, Joni is taking The Mindset Group across the world to lead personal and professional development workshops. She will lead a personal transformation retreat for a group of women in Bali a...
Mar 04, 2020•13 min•Season 5Ep. 773
Didi Wong is a multi award winning international speaker, film/ TV producer, serial entrepreneur and angel investor with expertise in the industries of entrepreneur education, entertainment, event planning, public speaking, business mentoring, interior design and real estate. Didi is the Founder and CEO of The Yes Academy, a results and success driven educational program for entrepreneurs, focusing on confidence, connections and cash flow. Didi and her husband Michael own an interior design comp...
Mar 03, 2020•15 min•Season 5Ep. 772
Nancy Wang is the Head of Amazon Web Services data protection and the CEO of Advancing Women in Product. She currently leads the data protection product management team for Amazon Web Services and responsible for unifying data protection (backup/recovery) needs across all AWS services. Previously, Nancy also led products at Rubrik, the fastest-growing enterprise software unicorn. With a history of building and launching large-scale enterprise systems in storage, data management, and networking, ...
Mar 02, 2020•15 min•Season 5Ep. 771
Kandy Robertson is a Social Media Expert, who is also Director of Marketing of her Social Media Marketing Agency (Conquer Marketing Agency) with more than 15 years of experience working in the entertainment industry and succeeding with creating her own multiple small businesses, including being an Executive Producer for a Reality TV Show (Kocktales & Kandy). A multi-passionate entrepreneur, she makes it her mission to help small businesses, influencers, and brands succeed. Author of 2 books,...
Feb 28, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 770
