THE FACES OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE U.S. TODAY
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THE FACES OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE U.S. TODAY
THE FACES OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE U.S. TODAY ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION 2012 This slideshow celebrates Americans of Asian and Pacific Island descent in observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at OCC. Ann Curry, TV News Reporter, of Japanese, French, German, Irish, Scottish descent CHINESE AMERICAN ACTOR BRUCE LEE Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng IndonesianAmerican maternal halfsister of Barack Obama: high school history teacher, university instructor, writer Hosanna Kabakoro Fijian Miss Idaho Teen USA 2010 BIOTECH PIONEER VICKI SATO SILICON VALLEY ENTREPRENEUR BILL NGUYEN Lucy Liu, Actress, Chinese American Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian American Astrophysicist Michelle Wie, Korean American Professional Golfer OCC STUDENTS BETAN, YAM, AH SHIM, YIYI AND PAW Chinese Americans C. N. Yang and T. D. Lee shared the 1957 Physics Nobel Peace Prize Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, wrestler, entertainer, of African-American, Samoan-American heritage JAPANESE AMERICAN MIKE HONDA, U.S. CONGRESSMAN NORMAN YOSHIO MINETA Secretary of Transportation under George W. Bush (Japanese American) African American & Filipino heritage State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh DON HO ENTERTAINER OF HAWAIIAN, CHINESE, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN & DUTCH ANCESTRY AMY TAN, CHINESE AMERICAN AUTHOR OF THE JOY LUCK CLUB SANDRA MC COY, ACTRESS FILIPINO DESCENT GARY LOCKE A Democrat, Locke was the nation's first governor (Washington state) of Chinese ancestry. MICHELLE KWAN Chinese American OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER CIBO MATTO Made up of two Japanese-born musicians, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, the hip band Cibo Matto means “food madness” in Italian RON DARLING Hawaiian-born pitcher for the New York Mets Daniel Kahikina Akaka A Democrat, Akaka is the first senator of native Hawaiian ancestry and is the only senator of Chinese ancestry. Jeremy Lin Chinese American Vera Wang, Fashion Designer of Chinese descent HINES WARD: CAUGHT 1,000 PASSES IN HIS STEELER’S CAREER VENTURE CAPITALIST VINOD KHOSLA BIOTECH TYCOON/PHILANTHROPIST PATRICK SOON-SHIONG Free Burma Day, San Francisco Japanese American Kristi Yamaguchi Figure Skater, Olympic Champion (1992) CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE TANI CANTIL SAKAUYE Cambodian American Parade San Francisco OCC STUDENT HENG BIEN John Maeda Graphic Designer & Computer Scientist (Japanese American) FASHION ENTREPRENUER DON CHANG WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATOR VELMA VELORIA Kurt Suzuki Catcher, Oakland Athletics (Japanese American) Japanese American Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist (String Theory) Mengsi and Mingzi Caterina Fake Co-Founder, Flickr.com (Filipino American) DARTMOUTH PRESIDENT JIM YONG KIM Michelle Malkin Commentator and Blogger (Filipino American) Donald Allan Figueroa Comic Book Artist and Toy Designer (Filipino American) Koran Cherty CNN Anchor (Nepalese American) NOVELIST JHUMPA LAHIRI Jason Bartlett Tampa Bay Rays (Filipino American) OCC STUDENT KESHAB DHIMAL OCC STUDENTS YAM, BETAN, AND FREDDY LATA KRISHNAN - Won recognition as Silicon Valley's highest paid female executive Retired Rear Admiral Eleanor Mariano, MD Physician of Pres. Reagan, Bush Sr. & Clinton (Filipino American) Hui Chen OCC International Office (Chinese American) TEXAS CONGRESSMAN HUBERT VO OCC STUDENTS PAW HTOO AND YIYI THAN Johnny Damon New York Yankees (Thai American) NOVELIST JOHN OKADA Okada's No-No Boy - recognized as both the first Japanese American novel and one of the most authentic novels of the Asian American experience. Tamlyn Tomita Actress The Joy Luck Club, The Karate Kid, Part II. (Filipino American) Maggie Q, Fashion Designer (Vietnamese American) Dr. An Wang Founder of Wang Laboratories (Chinese American) Meggy Park OCC International Student Counselor (Korean American) Ang Lee Film Director & Writer (Taiwanese American) z z z z z z z z z The Wedding Banquet Green Card Sense and Sensibility The Ice Storm Ride With the Devil Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Eat, Drink, Man, Woman Brokeback Mountain Neil Horikoshi, President & Executive Director Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (Japanese American) Sandra Oh Actress (Korean American) Did you know that… Greg Louganis Olympic Gold Metalist and Tiger Woods Professional Golfer …are both of Asian descent? Johnnie Morton, NFL Football Player… …is also of Asian descent. HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER TEDDY ZEE Zubin Mehta Musician, Conductor (Indian American) The Honorable Elaine L. Chao Former Secretary of Labor (Taiwanese American) Nora Jones Singer (Asian Descent) Jim Cho Senior Manager of Asian Marketing & Community Relations, Anheuser-Busch Inc. (Chinese American) Etuini Haloti Ngata: NFL athlete of Tongan ancestry Margaret Cho, Comedienne (Chinese American) Keanu Reeves Actor (Chinese, English, and Hawaiian descent) Sant Chatwal President and CEO of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts (Indian American) Jeanette Lee Pool Pro (Korean American) Connie Chen Founder and President of American Asian Cultural Foundation (Chinese American) Bobby Jindal Governor of Louisiana (Indian American) Andrea Jung CEO of Avon (Chinese American) CHINESE AMERICAN SENATOR HIRAM FONG WITH HIS WIFE Sabeer Bhatia Co-founder of Hotmail (Indian American) Chloe Dao Fashion Designer (Vietnamese American) Mohini Bhardwaj Olympic Gymnastic Medalist (Indian American) Amar Bose Physicist and Founder of Bose Corp. 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