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Mandy Ma

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Mandy Ma shares her experience as a Korean American social worker supporting Korean elderly in the Greater Seattle Area during the pandemic. She also shares aspects of her personal life during quarantine and how she believes pandemic has affected our…

Sarah Gu

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Just graduated from the University of Washington, Sarah shares her experience as a Korean American living through the pandemic. This conversation discusses how her online schooling changed, how her parent’s business had to change, and how she…

Michael Park

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Michael Park shares his experience growing up in the ever changing Federal Way area. He also comments about how the pandemic has affected his jobs both at the laundromat and at the Korean Language School.

Sunset (No-eul) Kwon

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Sunset (No-eul) Kwon shares her experience as a Korean American immigrating to Seattle and how helping with her family’s teriyaki restaurant led to her involvement in helping with small Korean American Businesses make it throught the pandemic. She…

Lori Wada

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Lori Wada shares her experience as a Korean American in living through the pandemic. Through the interview she shares how her work with Korean-American businesses changed throughout the COVID and why she chooses to center her work in Eastern…

Dao Mai

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Vietnamese American who traveled to visit her dying father in Vietnam just as quarantine was imposed on foreign travelers. 2 week quarantine meant she missed seeing her dad before he died, missed his funeral.

Kalei'okalani (Rayann) Matsui

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Native Hawaiian Chinese African American works at Wing, teaches traditional NH dance. Talks about effect of pandemic on dance classes, adapting to online teaching, importance of breath and face to face contact in traditional NH culture

Tony Ngo

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College senior who grew up in Chinatown and came back during pandemic. Talks about love of neighborhood, effect of early pandemic on local businesses and social life, racial justice issues within APA community

Monyee Chau

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Taiwanese American artist and activist, talks about love for CID (she grew up there), fears and hardships during early days of pandemic, making artwork to support the neighborhood and BLM, race/identity issues among APA communities