THE FACES OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE U.S. TODAY

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)
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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.
(Bengali American)
Maya Lin
Architect of Vietnam War Memorial
(Chinese American)
Brandon Chillar
Professional American Football Player
(Indian American)
ACTOR KAL PENN
INDIAN-AMERICAN
Lu Zheng & Rebecca
OCC Students
(both Chinese Americans)
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