While for us here at Audrey, every day is an Asian American/Pacific Islander heritage celebration, for the rest of the U.S., it’s May and that means it’s officially Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Congratulations on being us! President Obama (whose sister and nieces are Asian American) put out this statement in support thereof: [...]

For the two year Anniversary of the re-authorization of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by President Obama, White House Initiative co-Chair Christopher Lu held a conference call with White House AAPI Initiative director Kiran Ahuja on Tuesday October 11. The call served for Lu and Ahuja to highlight the Initiative’s [...]

As you know, our President has significant Asian ties. Not only did he grow up in Indonesia and was raised as child by his Indonesian stepfather, but he grew up in Hawaii and has an Indonesian American half sister (who is married to a Chinese American). So we wanted to share a little note from [...]

I am a voracious reader. Ever since I was a young’n, I read books like there was no tomorrow. Some of my favorites were Dr. Seuss, Ramona & Beezus, and Nancy Drew. As I numerically got older, my taste in books expanded, delving into Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harry Potter, and To Kill a Mockingbird. When [...]

I am personally honored to know so many movers and shakers in the Asian American community and I hope many of those stories of hope and encouragement can be shared with a bigger population. Now, the government is giving us just the chance to do that. The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific [...]