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Dec 24, 2019

Legendary comedian Margaret Cho was one of the first faces I saw on American television, that reminded me of myself.  That is one powerful feeling.  She has fearlessly put herself in the line of fire over and over again in order to speak up for those whose voices and stories have often gone unheard, and bares the true...


Dec 10, 2019

Eliza Blank founded The Sill because she understood that urbanites needed an easier way to find, acquire and care for their houseplants.  Since quitting her job and launching her Kickstarter in 2012, Eliza has grown The Sill into an Instagram and eCommerce phenomenon raising over $13 million in funding, and expanding...


Nov 26, 2019

Kimmy Yam is the Co-Founder of HuffPost Asian Voices and a champion for issues that disproportionately affect the Asian-American community.  Growing up in Upstate New York as a member of a Chinese restaurant family, Kimmy understood the irony of being called a model minority.  While in college at Georgetown University,...


Nov 12, 2019

Let's switch things up a bit with a new segment called, Conversations with HUR, where I get to sit down with a wide a range of friends and experts to discuss key topics of interest for Asian American women.  First up is acupuncturist and Chinese herbal medicine practitioner Janet Lee, who swung by to give me some tips...


Oct 29, 2019

Sitting in Eataly with Julie Young, founder of DreamMaker 3D, the TIDE Film Festival, The Phenomenal Girls Club, and the $6.99 Per Pound Podcast, she tells me about how much she digs Italian food, even though she’s never been to Italy, the home country of her adopted family. Growing up in a homogenous neighborhood...