Rachel Khong is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel, “Real Americans.” Her first novel, “Goodbye, Vitamin,” was the winner of the California Book Award for first fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR; O, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; and Esquire. Khong lives in Los Angeles.
Clothing designer and one of the driving forces behind Making Midtown: Sustaining Design and Production in an Evolving Garment District
U.S. Army Veteran who served during World War II from 1944 to 1946.
In 2016, after 35 years of service, Grocki retired from the US Navy at the rank of rear admiral and was the senior engineering duty officer in the Navy Reserve.
“The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop”
Ham Hop came to Australia as the wife of a Geelong businessman in 1910. Arriving on a temporary permit under the Immigration Restriction Act, Ham Hop became a cause célèbre as her husband fought for her to be allowed to remain in the country permanently.
The first Chinese woman to graduate from an Australian university (USyd, BA 1929, DipEd 1930). Fluent in English and Cantonese, after graduating she became English Secretary for the Consul General of China in Australia.
Chinese-American artist known for re-working historic Chinese photographs into haunting, visually arresting paintings and mixed media pieces.
Despite her immigration detainment and the long-term consequences of the exclusion era, Ou Shee and the women around her table lived lives of courage and strength. Their legacies survive among their daughters and granddaughters who built a homeland in America for the Chinese immigrant community.
Architect and founding partner of the New York City-based studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects