Two NYC-based professionals at a major corporation whose leisurely Friday lunch conversation evolved from office politics to My Asian Heritage.
Angela is a full time working mom of a fiesty toddler (her little monchichi) who thrives on stress, duck and wonton noodle soup, and investing her paychecks in bargain finds and overpriced shoes. She's a second generation Chinese American from San Francisco who grew up in Asia and in the south (and no, I never said y'all) yet unfortunately lost all Mandarin and Cantonese language skills along the way.
Favorite childhood memories include the Monkey King stories, Chinese Culture class and Sunday dim sum. She still makes everyone take off their shoes before coming into her apartment and keeps an arsenal of napkins from food deliveries and fast food restaurants in her purse, her desk, and in the car - never know when you'll need them!
Ivy is a closer-to-40-than-30 Taiwanese-born geek-at-heart. Raised in the NY tri-state area, she managed to keep her middling Mandarin by conversing with her parents, although her reading and writing skills are somewhat non-existent due to a revolt over Chinese lessons the summer after 4th grade. Married last year to a 1/8 Hong Kong Chinese Wisconsinite, she’s on the hook now since *he* wants to learn Chinese and even live in Asia for a year! So far, all’s she’s been able to teach him about being Asian are the virtues of Chinese spoons over western ones, how to eat anything that has bones in it, and the importance of never throwing out any store bag - plastic, shopping, or otherwise.
Together we hope to inspire you to explore, to learn, to re-familiarize yourself and to embrace all that is part of yours, or your child's, Asian heritage.
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Dr. Tiffany Yip is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Fordham University. Dr. Yip's research focuses on the development of ethnic identity with a particular focus on the context in which this development occurs. In particular, she is interested in how context influences variability in ethnic identity across days and situations. In addition, Dr. Yip examines the implications of ethnic identity for psychological functioning among ethnic minorities.
Sandy Lo, MA, MS, LAc, CMT (who is Chinese-Thai and goes by the name Sirijit Lertkhachonsuk for her official certifications) completed her Master of Science degree in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. She graduated cum laude from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and East Asian Studies and received a Master of Arts in Education from Tufts University.
