Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone
Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone dedicated her life to Okinawan dance through teaching, performing, and choreographing original dances to enrich the art form’s repertoire.
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Wu Man
Wu Man belongs to a rare group of musicians whose vivid brilliance, commanding personality, and range of expression has redefined their instrument, in her case, the pipa, a centuries-old, pear-shaped, four-stringed Chinese lute.
Dr Intan Paramaditha
Intan Paramaditha, Indonesian of Sumatran-Sundanese heritage, anticolonial feminist academic and writer based in Australia, is one of the co-founders of Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan (The School of Women’s Thought).
Dr Sukhmani Khorana
A migrant within her birth country and across oceans, Sukhmani Khorana researches, writes, teaches and engages in activism to improve public understanding of migrants and refugees in the Global North.
Dr Helena Liu
As an intersectional feminist academic and activist, Helena Liu set up Disorient, a website providing important learning, teaching and research resources on feminisms, intersectionality and activisms.
Dr Kalpana Chawla
Indian-American astronaut
Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan
Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan is recognized the world over as the foremost proponent of Bharatanatyam, a southern Indian classical dance which combines artistic expression with rhythmic footwork.
Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto
The US’s most influential teacher and accomplished master of chado tea ceremonies
Cristeta Comerford
The first woman to be White House Executive Chef
Sau Ung Loo Chan
As a Yale Law graduate and the first Asian American woman lawyer in Hawai’i, she became an advocate for Chinese Americans, restored U.S. citizenship for her family, and fought for broader immigrant rights.