Fault Lines, Poet Meena Alexander
Rape of Nanking, Author Iris Chang
The Foreign Student, Author Susan Choi
Leaving Deep Waters, Author Claire S. Chow
Shark Dialogues, Kiana Davenport
Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman’s Journey Into Power, Writer Phoebe Eng
The Unbearable Heart and Earshot, poet, Kimiko Hahn
Typical American, Mona in the Promised Land, and Who’s Irish? Author Gish Jen
Writer / Professor Elaine Kim
Ten Thousand Sorrows, Author Elizabeth Kim
A Cab Called Reliable, Author Patti Kim
Woman Warrior, Author Maxine Hong Kingston
Obasan, Author Joy Kogawa
Interpreter of Maladies, Author Jhumpa Lahiri
Finding My Voice, and Necessary Roughness Author Marie Lee
Paper Daughter, Author M. Elaine Mar
We, The Dangerous, Poet Janice Mirikitani
Jasmine, Author Bharati Mukherjee
Eating Chinese Food Naked, Author Mei Ng
The Joy Luck Club, Author Amy Tan
First they killed my father, Author Loung Ung
Death of Long Steam Lady, Nellie Wong
Camp Notes and Other Poems, Mitsuye Yamada
Blu's Hanging, and Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers, Author Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Np, Kitchen and Lizard, Author Banana Yoshimoto
House of Winds, Author Mia Yun
Asian American Dreams, Author Helen Zia
Hunger : A Novella and Stories, Author Lan Samantha Chang
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives, Author Chitra Divakaruni
Jessica Hagedorn, author of Dogeaters and Gangster of Love
Adeline Yen Mah, author of Falling Leaves
Ruthanne Lum McCunn, author of Thousand Pieces of Gold and The Moon Pearl
Kathleen Tyau, author of Makai
The God of Small Things, Author/Activist Arundhati Roy
Shanghai, the Rise and Fall of a Decadent City, Author Stella Dong
Author/Activist Uravashi Vaid
Author/Activist Alice Hom
Chitra Divakaruni, author of Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart
An Na, author of A Step from Heaven
Lensey Namioka, author of Ties that bind, Ties that break
Evelyn Lau, author of Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid
Yoshiko Uchida, author of Picture Bride, Journey To Topaz, Journey Home, A Jar of Dreams
Bette Bao Lord, author of The Middle Heart, In The Year Of The Boar, and Jackie Robinson
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, author of So Far From The Bamboo Grove
Girl Poet Michelle Dimapasoc
Helie Lee, author of In the Absence of Sun, Still Life With Rice
Madeleine Thien, author of Simple Recipes
Caroline Hwang, author of In Full Bloom
TV, Movies, Glitz ‘n’ Glam!
Actress and Movie Director Joan Chen (Autumn in New York (directed), Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (directed), The Last Emperor (starred in))
Comedienne/Actress Margaret Cho
TV Anchor Connie Chung
Actress China Chow (The Big Hit)
NBC News Anchor Ann Curry
Comedienne/Actress Amy Hill
ABC Talk Show (The View) Co-host Lisa Ling
Actress Lucy Liu (Ally McBeal, Charlie’s Angels)
Actress Irene Ng, Nickelodeon’s Shelby Woo
90210 Actress Lindsey Price
Broadway performer Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon)
Actress Tamlyn Tomita (Karate Kid II, Picture Bride)
Actress Ming-Na Wen (The Joy Luck Club, The Single Guy, Mulan)
Actress Sandra Oh (HBO series Arliss, Double Happiness)
Deann Borshay Liem, filmmaker, First Person Plural
Action Star/Actress Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Director Mina Shum (of Double Happiness and of the upcoming film Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity)
Actress Sandrine Holt (Once a Thief and Century Hotel)
Actress Kristin Kreuk (plays Lana Lang on "Smallville")
Canadian Video Jockey Sook Yin Lee, Much Music
Actress Grace Park (Canadian TV soap "Edgemont")
TV Anchor/Co-host Exan Auyong (MTV Canada)
Actress Christy Chung (will star opposite Jackie Chan in Highbinders)
Actress Gina Hiraizumi (Yasmina on NBC "Cityguys")
Actress Kelly Hu (Martial Law, The Scorpion King)
Actress Keiko Agena (The Gilmore Girls)
Actress Lauren Tom (The Joy Luck Club, I Am Sam)
Actress Rosalind Chao (The Joy Luck Club, What Dreams May Come)
Actress Tia Carrera
May Lee, cohost of "Pure Oxygen" on the Oxygen Network
Actress Gina Hiraizumi
Actress Anita Yuen
Suchin Pak, MTV News Correspondent
Actress and Stunt-stress Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Actress Brenda Song (Like Mike)
Actress Nicole Bilderback (Bring It On)
Vivian Bayubay, host of Disney's show "Out of the Box"
Activist Margaret Fung
Patsy Mink, US Representative from Hawaii
Activist/National Race Committee Member Angela Oh
Activist/Author/UCSC Professor Gwendolyn ("Wendy") Mink
Yuri Kochiyama, civil rights activist
Grace Lee Boggs, activist, writer, speaker in the African American community for 55 years
Daphne Kwok, executive director (1990-2001), Organization of Chinese Americans
Karen Narasaki, lawyer and executive director, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, Washington, DC
Shamita Das Dasgupta, activist, cofounder of MANAVI, the first organization to focus on violence against South Asian women in the U.S
Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
March Fong Eu, CA Secretary of State, 1975-1994
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines
Adrien Clarkson, the Governor General of Canada
Corazon Aquino, first female president of the Philippines
Mazie Hirono, former Lt. Govener of Hawaii
Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Artistic Visionaries
Architect and Artist Maya Lin (she designed the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial at age 20)
Designer Vivienne Tam
Designer Anna Sui
Designer Vera Wang
Painter of Chinese History Dr. Annie Wong Leung Kit-Wah
Yoko Ono
Sue Li-Jue, founding director of Facing East Dance and Music
Austin-based Artist Jisue Kim
NYC-based artist Lynne Yamamoto
Documentary Filmmaker Jessica Yu
Power Suits
CEO of Clemente Capital Inc. (Wall Street investment business) Lilia Clemente
President / CEO of Avon Products Andrea Jung
Managing Editor of INSTYLE Jeannie Park
Music Makers
Girl Rockers Cibo Matto
Rock Star Emm Gryner
DJ Kuttin Kandi
Girl Rocker Coco Lee
Faye Wong, Final Fantasy VIII
Pop Sensation Rachel Stevens from S Club 7
Violinist Vanessa Mae
Singer and Actress Fann Wong of Singapore
R&B Performers of One Vo1ce, Pinay, and Eden's Crush
Violinist Sarah Chang
English R&B and JPop singer Hikaru Utada
Singer Michelle Branch (part Dutch-Indonesian)
Pop and Folk Singer Annie Lin
Pop and R&B Band Jenny Choi and the Third Shift
Alternative Singer and Gay & Lesbian Rights Activist Magdalen Hsu-Li
Amerie, R&B Chanteuse (Sony)
Puffy AmiYumi, J-Pop Starlets
Singer Jennifer Perri
Maria, Lucia and Angella Ahn (a.k.a. The Ahn Trio)
Singer/Performer Mia Park (of Kim)
Singer/Jazz Musician Yoko Noge
Action Girls
Ice Divas Michelle Kwan and Kristi Yamaguchi
Professional Pool Player Jeanette Lee
Golfer Extraordinaire Grace Park
Golfer Jennie Chusiraporn (college student who almost won the U.S. Open!)
Golf Champion Seri Pak
Olympic Gymnast Amy Chow
Figure Skater Ann Patrice McDonough (2002 World Jr. Champion)
San Francisco Ballerina Maureen Choi
San Francisco Ballerina Frances Chung
Performing Grrrls
Anida Yoeu Esguerra, spoken-word artist from "I Was Born With Two Tongues"
Emily Chang, spoken-word artist from "I Was Born With Two Tongues"
Leah Taguba, spoken-word poet, writer
Ishle Park, director of CreateNow and spoken-word poet
Performer/Activist Nobuko Miyamoto
Performance artist and storyteller Brenda Wong Aoki
Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh of "Yellow Rage"
Professors We Love
Yen Le Espiritu, author of Asian American Panethnicity: Bridging Institutions and Identities and Filipino Lives, and professor of Ethnic Studies at UC San Diego.
Elena Tajima Creef, currently authoring Imaging Japanese America in 20th Century American Visual Culture, and professor of Women's Studies at Wellesley College.
Katarya Um, professor of Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley, and the former head of East Bay Asian Center for the Arts
Author/Professor Karin Aguilar-San Juan
Peggy Choy, professor at University of Wisconsin at Madison, is featured in the anthology "Legacy to Liberation" (ed. Fred Cho)
Author and Professor Simmone Kuo (Shao-lin Chuan: The Rhythm and Power of Tan-Tui, Long Life Good Health Through Tai-Chi Chuan)
Laureen Chew, professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University
News Makers
Reporter Jan Wong, Globe and Mail ("Lunch with Jan Wong")
Alice H. Kim, Accessories Editor at InStyle magazine
Kristen Go, Reporter at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix
Chisun Lee, writer, The Village Voice
Neela Bannerjee, Editor-in-Chief of Asianweek
Leann Kim, Channel 10 News Anchor (San Diego)
Columnist Michelle Malkin
Beauty Queens
Angela Baraquio (Miss America 2001)
Brooke Lee (Miss Universe 1997)
Kimora Lee, Fashion and Beauty Model
Devon Aoki, High Fashion Model
Melissa Dungao (Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1998)