Tuesday, May 19, 6-7 p.m. ET
Free for WMG members; $15 for non-members (Zoom)
Come hear a power panel of master storytellers at this unforgettable event for AANHPI Heritage Month. Their voices deserve to be amplified all year long, but May is the month where we lift the AANHPI community even higher! These award-winning authors, screenwriters, playwrights, performers, teachers, founders, and journalists will talk about their work and how they came to share their stories with the world. This group of fabulous trailblazers has taken the time to consistently amplify marginalized voices throughout their careers, serving as role models for how to uplift others. Their courage, strength, and creativity will inspire you to claim your voice and harness your narrative power to tell your story.
Meet the speakers:
Elaine Hsieh Chou is a Taiwanese American author and screenwriter from California. Her debut novel, Disorientation, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book, New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award finalist, and Thurber Prize finalist. A former Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow at New York University, her Pushcart Award–winning short fiction appears in Guernica, Black Warrior Review, Tin House Online, Ploughshares, and The Atlantic, while her essays appear in The Cut and Vanity Fair. Elaine is a Fred R. Brown Literary Award recipient, a Sundance Episodic Lab Fellow, and a Gotham Series Creator to Watch. Her work has been supported by the Harry Ransom Center, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and Hedgebrook’s Writers-in-Residence Program.
In 2025, Hali Lee was named to the inaugural TIME100 Philanthropy list in recognition of her work building collective giving. In 2021, she was named to Forbes’ 50 Over 50: Impact in recognition of her work as a founder of the Donors of Color Network, Philanthropy Together, and the Asian Women Giving Circle. Today, she leads a boutique consulting practice, Radiant Strategies, and is a frequent public speaker who has made appearances at more than fifty conferences and events in the last year. Her work has been covered by The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Good Housekeeping. Her first book, The Big We, was published by Sweet July/Zando in 2025. She lives in Brooklyn with her family, a big love of a dog, and rooftop honey bees.
Susan Lieu is a Vietnamese American author, playwright, and performer. A daughter of nail salon workers, she took her award-winning autobiographical solo show, 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother, on a sold-out national tour with accolades from the Los Angeles Times and American Theatre. Her debut memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter, was a Best Book of the Year from NPR and the Smithsonian and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and Goodreads Choice Awards. Recognized as one of Seattle’s “Most Influential People,” Susan is a graduate of Harvard and Yale and the co-founder of Socola Chocolatier, an award-winning artisanal chocolate company with Vietnamese-inspired flavors. Susan lives with her husband and son in Seattle, where they enjoy mushroom hunting, croissants, and big family gatherings.
Beth Nguyen is the author of the memoirs Owner of a Lonely Heart and Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, as well as the novels Short Girls and Pioneer Girl. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Book Award, and her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, TIME, and Best American Essays. Beth is a professor and director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Meet the moderator:
Vicky Nguyen is an anchor and correspondent for NBC News and TODAY, as well as author of Boat Baby: A Memoir. Her reporting gives consumers valuable information for how to live healthier, wealthier, and safer lives. Vicky’s dynamic storytelling has led to impactful changes at the local and national level and resulted in numerous awards, including a National Emmy, the Gerald Loeb Award for Business and Financial Journalism, and the duPont Columbia Award for Broadcast Journalism. She graduated as valedictorian from the University of San Francisco. Vicky is based in New York, and when she’s not working she enjoys spending time with her husband, their three daughters, and tiny dog Moose.
Refunds available up to 48 hours before the event. No refunds for cancellations made within 48 hours of the event.
