842: Proud To Be Very Asian With Michelle Li

Michelle Li is the co-founder of the Very Asian Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization committed to amplifying diverse AAPI voices through education, storytelling, and community connection.  She is also a news anchor for NBC-affiliate KING-TV in Seattle. She is a morning show anchor and co-created and hosted the show Take 5, a daily, hour-long, interactive news show before it sunsetted in 2019.  Michelle has been recognized for leading innovation and audience engagement projects in newsrooms. Google, Poynter, Facebook, and RTDNA have showcased her work in newsrooms across the country.  She has received four national Murrow awards and 9 regional Emmys. Congress also honored her with an Angels in Adoption award for her dedication to international and domestic adoption causes. As a Korean adoptee, Michelle spent many summers volunteering with adoptive families and in orphanages in Seoul. She launched a television program in Missouri to help foster kids find more permanent solutions and spoke at the National Press Club for international adoption awareness. Michelle shares her journey about the #VeryAsian movement and the support she has received from the Asian community and the rise of the Very Asian Foundation.  She also shares her own journey to building self confidence to be the powerful Asian woman that she is today.  Happy International Women's Day! Check out https://thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Michelle's episode, Michelle's website, resources, gifts and so much more.