Janet Wu吳穎盈
Founder, President & Web Designer
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: Growing up in Taiwan, I’ve always felt happy and proud of my Taiwanese heritage. I’m grateful for this beautiful and unique culture, especially the delicious food, like brown sugar bubble tea!
What I want to convey through TFE: I hope that everyone can respect and appreciate other cultures with the same warmth they feel for their own. Similarly, I envision us all caring for oceans and public lands as thoughtfully as we would our own backyard.
Yaelin Hough 허린
Lead Writer, Researcher
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: I’m proud of South Korea’s ability to overcome its past hardships. Despite years under colonial rule and the subsequent destitution, South Korea has managed to cultivate a vibrant culture and a powerful democracy.
What I want to convey through TFE: I hope that we are able to display the history and connections between all East and Southeast Asian cultures that exist beyond the common knowledge of the West.
Amy Hwang 황지윈
Writer, Researcher
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: Food, entertainment culture, and Korean culture of ‘Jeong’
What I want to convey through TFE: To grow awareness of the current affairs in Asia and to be an advocate for my own country’s culture(I wish to show that there are other appealing korean cultures other than the entertainment industry
Kevin Yu 于笑涵
Web Designer, Writer , Researcher
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: Traditional Chinese stories about love, betrayal, and war.
What I want to convey through TFE: China is much more than social credit memes or cheap goods. 1.4B people come with a plethora of microcosms, each with unique beliefs and problems. We need a more multifaceted view of the world’s most populous country—not just world politics but life on the ground.
Harry Wan 尹維安
Graphics Designer, Writer, Researcher
One thing I am proud of about my heritage: Hong Kong people and the fusion of eastern and western culture’s all at once.
What I wish to convey through TFE society: I wish to share my identity and my culture to people all around the world.
Lily Wang 王雨晴
Art and Design Director
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: Seeing people around the world appreciate Asian culture through food, media, music, landscape and beautiful traditions.
What I want to convey through TFE: I want to show the public that countries are far more complex than most common impressions by providing through research.
Oliver Chan
Writer, Researcher
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: Dim Sum, Mahjong, and Egg Waffle
What I want to convey through TFE: I wish to share my experiences in Asian culture and the side of Asian culture that non-Asians may not have been exposed to.
Jinnie Prapakamol
Writer, Researcher
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: Thai Food 🤤
What I want to convey through TFE: Educating myself and other people about different cultures in the east asian community 🫡
Leila Ng
Social Media Assistant
Things I’m proud of in my heritage: My Fujianese heritage—family-centered, root centered.
What I want to convey through TFE: The abundance of ‘the Asian heritage.’ To make Asians of different communities and different upbringings feel heard.
Veronica Jiang
Writer, Researcher
Morgan Synn
Social Media Assistant