INTERVIEWS
Conversations with some brilliant Asian-Australians on their work, passions, interests and cultural identity.
Quiet Achievers seeks to unearth and amplify more Asian-Australian stories.
It’s a representative platform that shares and celebrates the authentic stories and passions of a diverse group of intelligent, empathetic, giving and inspiring Asian-Australians. Along the way, we also explore each individual’s relationship with their cultural identity and look into how that has shaped them as a person.
It’s a representative platform that shares and celebrates the authentic stories and passions of a diverse group of intelligent, empathetic, giving and inspiring Asian-Australians. Along the way, we also explore each individual’s relationship with their cultural identity and look into how that has shaped them as a person.
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NAME:
Tiff Ng
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Founder of The Social Story (social media agency)
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NAME:
Michelle Law
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Writer (print, theatre, film and TV)
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NAME:
Erin Chew
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Freelance writer and social activist
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NAME:
Vivaek Jena
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Environmental Grad & Founder of the Caldera (musical collective)
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NAME:
Kan Huang
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Founder of Social Wave (content marketing agency) and Level: Asian podcast
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NAME:
Cecile Sy
ROLE:
Speaker at Beyond Blue
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NAME:
Joy Hopwood
ROLE:
Filmmaker/actor/writer
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NAME:
Alice Pung OAM
ROLE:
Writer
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NAME:
Vincent Zhang
ROLE:
Senior Adviser at Tech Council of Australia
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NAME:
Eezu Tan
& Marlene Baquiran
& Marlene Baquiran
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Founders and hosts of a grassroots ‘climate-letter writing session’
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NAME:
Jieh-Yung Lo
ROLE:
Director of the Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership (CAAL) at ANU
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NAME:
Mayuresh Patole
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Founder of Chronicle (startup)
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NAME:
Jeffrey Zhao
& Isabella Le
& Isabella Le
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Co-founders and hosts of As I Am (podcast)
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NAME:
Hannah Ahn
ROLE:
Founder of Flair (design agency)
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NAME:
Diep Nguyen
ROLE:
Contents and Collection Lead at the Vietnamese Museum Australia (VMA)
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NAME:
Nathaniel Diong
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Founder and CEO of Future Minds Network (FMN)
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NAME:
Asami Koike
ROLE:
Founder of Shapes & Sounds (mental health social enterprise)
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NAME:
Alinta Furnell
ROLE:
Co-founder of Synbiote (startup)
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NAME:
Priyanka Ashraf
ROLE:
Founder and Director of The Creative Co-Operative (CCO)
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NAME:
String Nguyen
ROLE:
Founder and Managing Director of Chubbiverse (NFT collection)
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NAME:
Cady Liang
ROLE:
APAC Regional Director of Sustainability at Compass Group
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NAME:
Lucy Tan
ROLE:
Principal at Square Peg
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NAME:
Jay Ooi
ROLE:
Podcast Founder/ Producer/ Writer/ Editor of Shoes Off
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NAME:
Chanel Tang
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Part of artistic duo
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CREATURE CREATURE
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NAME:
Aun Ngo
ROLE:
Community Lead at StartSpace
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NAME:
Zoe Wong
ROLE:
Artist & screenwriter
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NAME:
Jason Yat-sen Li
ROLE:
Labor Member for Strathfield (NSW)
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NAME:
Sally Sitou
ROLE:
Labor MP for Reid (NSW)