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Emily Chan

When Emily Chan was 16, she wrote a poem about her own everyday hero -- her mother. In that poem, Emily described her mother’s daily life as an immigrant and single mother, who took courses in the evening and whose body ached from her long days working at a Chinese restaurant. As she watched h... Read more...

Josephine Wong

This column is about Asian American volunteers – people who have a full-time day job, but still make time to give back to their community. These are the unsung everyday heroes. We want to highlight these Asian Americans who make life better for other people every day, but expect nothing back in re... Read more...