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Executive director of the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

American data scientist leveraging data science to inform policies that advance equity, justice, and climate goals.

American writer

For more than two decades, Vanessa Hua has been writing about Asia and the diaspora in journalism and in fiction.

Vietnamese-American Army engineer

In 1934, she received her pilot’s license, #2741, making her the first U.S.-born Chinese-American woman to earn one.

Japanese-American writer

Tsuneno survived famine and three marriages to reinvent herself in 1800s Edo

Bassist and singer in the pioneering all-female rock band Fanny

Filipina-American guitarist, songwriter, producer, educator, and actress