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Celebrating Success of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

by Pete Staples

May 19, 2022

May is AAPI Heritage Month and we celebrated the stories and contributions of the AAPI community in our weekly all-hands meeting. Here are some of the remarkable stories of perseverance and excellence that we'd like to pass on.

Isabella Aiona Abbot “First Lady of Limu (sea weed)”

https://woc.aises.org/content/isabella-aiona-abbott-becoming-%E2%80%9Cfirst-lady-limu%E2%80%9D

https://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/december/izzie-abbott-obit-120710.html

Eugenia Cheng, Mathematician, Author, and Chef

Eugenia Loh-Gene Cheng is a British mathematician and concert pianist. Her mathematical interests include higher category theory, and as a pianist she specialises in lieder and art song. She is also passionate about explaining mathematics to non-mathematicians to rid the world of math phobia, often using entertaining analogies with food and baking. Cheng is a scientist-in-residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia_Cheng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA402F5K47o

Adafruit has been a source of inspiration to us by highlighting people in the science and education fields who inspire others from underrepresented communities. Check out their blog too:
https://blog.adafruit.com/tag/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/

Celebrating Success of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Isabella Aiona Abbot “First Lady of Limu (sea weed)”

Eugenia Cheng, Mathematician, Author, and Chef

Duke Kahanamoku, Father of Surfing

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Senator and Purple Heart Recipient

Eugenie Clark, the "Shark Lady", featured on USPS stamps

Legend of Nian, Not a person but a source of cultural understanding

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