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Lovely Mempin, Co-owner and Creative Director, Evergreen Coffee
I’m Filipina. I was born in the Philippines and moved to California with my family when I was three. My parents worked in the restaurant industry since I could remember, and when I was twelve my dad had the opportunity to open a branch of a restuarant in Vegas and …
Leah Chan Grinvald, Dean and Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law, William S Boyd School of Law at UNLV
I am originally from Queens, NY, and am Chinese American. I moved to Las Vegas this past July, in order to take my current position, which is Dean and Richard J Morgan Professor of Law at the William S Boyd School of Law at UNLV. I was attracted to Boyd Law because of…
Christina Wu, Founder, Remissionaries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Hi! I’m Christina Wu. My pronouns are she/her. I’m a Taiwanese-born American, nonprofit founder, events director, entrepreneur, and breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in 2018 with HER-2 positive invasive ductal carcinoma. After 6 rounds of chemo, hair…
Vida Lin, Founder & President, Asian Community Development Council
One of the reasons why I started ACDC was 28 years ago when I moved to Las Vegas; I noticed that we didn’t have any place for the Asian American community to get help and support…