Celebrating Cultural Differences Part 1

International Immersion

In this episode for Asian & Pacific Islander Appreciation Month, we sit down with five individuals that present cultural, social, and other elements from Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, the Philippines & Indonesia. Each of them has had a number of experiences and imparts key perspectives and personal experiences. Furthermore, they also give an insight into being a part of two different ethnic or cultural groups and how that influences their lives. Out of it, it shows that we can learn so much about each other and that we are all similar and have more in common than differences. This is part one of a two-part discussion You can see their bios below for more information:

• Sara Im is an inspirational speaker and a survivor of the mass genocide in Cambodia. She is an author of an award-winning book “How I Survived the Killing Fields”. Sara graduated from Western Connecticut State University. She operates her own wellness business, Smart Healthy Living. Sara speaks to inspire and instill hope and confidence in her audience at conferences, seminars, churches, schools, TV, radios, podcasts, and more. Sara is a member of the Women Speakers Association and Toastmasters International She just celebrated her 31rst year of marriage to her husband. She currently lives in Florida. Sara can be reached at www.saraim.com
• Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1980. The fall of Saigon propelled her family to embark on a treacherous journey to America. She lived in Seattle most of her life and worked for large corporations like Microsoft and T-Mobile. In 2017 when Amy’s mother passed, Amy quit her corporate career to write her mother’s story. “Snow in Vietnam” was her debut novel published in 2019. Amy is a Vietnam War survivor and a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) warrior. Today Amy is a full-time author. She resides in Oklahoma with her husband and son. When she is not writing, Amy volunteers for a child advocacy center and serves as president of the Oklahoma City Writers Inc. Learn More at https://www.amy-m-le.com/
• Malia Ogawa, is a historian and writer, and English teacher living in Tokyo. She’s a descendant of Japanese American wartime camp survivors. She dedicates a lot of time to writing about history and promoting education on the Japanese American wartime experience and the experiences of growing up as a mixed-race American woman. Visit her history blog cyclicity.net to learn more.
• Callum Koike Marshall is a Nisei (second generation) Japanese Brit. He grew up straddling two worlds - the English world and the Japanese world. He currently lives in Tokyo with his girlfriend Malia where he’s living out his lifelong dream of living in Japan.
• Angela Bnscs is a Third Culture Kid who writes for a living. Her international upbringing has inspired a deep interest in individual and collective identities, and the intersection between politics, art, and society. After 27 years of jumping around from Jakarta, London, Singapore, and Paris, she is now attempting to reconnect with her roots in Manila.

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