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AAPI Trailblazers

There are various individuals throughout the Asian American and Pacific Islander community that have paved the way and inspired numerous others. These are some of the few trailblazers we celebrate this month.

Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021...

Chloe Kim

Chloe Kim is an American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an...

Dr. Chien-Shuang Wu

Known as the “Chinese Marie Curie” and the “Queen of Nuclear Research,” Dr. Wu was born in Jiangsu Province, China, in 1912, and moved...

Dr. David Ho

Born in Taichung, Taiwan, in 1952, Dr. David Ho moved to Los Angeles at age 12 with his mother and younger brother to reunite...

Duke Kahanamoku

Nicknamed “The Big Kahuna,” Duke Kahanamoku was a towering figure in the worlds of sports and entertainment. Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i, in 1890, Kahanamoku...

Evan Le

Evan Le is a 10-year-old boy from California who began his interest in music at just 2.5 years old. Not only is Evan a...

I.M. Pei

Born in Guangzhou, China, in 1917, Ieoh Ming Pei moved to the U.S. in 1935 to enroll in the University of Pennsylvania’s architecture school,...

Indra Nooyi

The Indian-born American businesswoman was instrumental in the lucrative restructuring and diversification of soft-drink manufacturer PepsiCo, Inc.’s brands. Nooyi served as the company’s CEO...

Jeanie Jew

Jeanie Jew is a fourth-generation Chinese American advocate who played an important role in the creation of Asian America Pacific Islander Heritage Month. She...

Joyce Chan

Joyce Chen was credited with popularizing northern-style Chinese cuisine in the United States, coining the name "Peking Raviolis'' for potstickers, inventing and holding a...

Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space, having served as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator...

Maggie Chui

Maggie Chui is the co-founder and COO of Asian Hustle Network (AHN), which aims to empower and uplift entrepreneurs and allies in the Asian...

Mina Fedor

Mina Fedor founded AAPI Youth Rising at age 13, when she was a middle-schooler, after witnessing the rise in anti-Asian violence and an incident...

Senator Daniel Inouye

Hawai'i Senator Daniel K. Inouye, formerly the most senior member of the U.S. Senate and the President Pro-Tempore, was known for his distinguished record...

Sirisha Bandla

Sirisha Bandla, vice-president of government affairs and research operations at Virgin Galactic, became only the fourth person of Indian origin ever to go past...

Tammy Duckworth

Ladda Tammy Duckworth is a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and Congresswoman representing Illinois. Duckworth was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and combat...

Tanishq Mathew Abraham

Tanishq is among the youngest members of Mensa, which he joined when he was four years old. He started to show his genius at...

Yuji Ichioka & Emma Gee

Yuji Ichioka (1936-2002) was an American-born Japanese (Nisei) historian who ws a pioneer in studies of Japanese American experiences. Coining the term "Asian American,"...