Southeast Asian Heritage Speakers

Emmy Award-Winning TV Personality & Documentarian; Fashion Correspondent Known for "The Real" & "How Do I Look?"

Actor Known for "Superstore" & "Crazy Rich Asians"

Former Army Nurse & Founder of The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project

Malaysian-Australian Filmmaker Known for "Saw," "Insidious," "The Conjuring" & DC Extended Universe "Aquaman"

Journalist, Filmmaker & Immigration Activist

Academy Award-Winning Actor; Known for "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" & "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom"

Mother Teresa Award Winner, Anti-Trafficking Expert & Human Rights Activist

Vietnam War Veteran & Bestselling Author of "Matterhorn" & "What it is Like to Go to War"

Award-Winning Comedian, Writer & Actor; Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Co-Founder & Director of Mountaineering at Climbers of Color; Advocate for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice in Outdoor Education & the Climbing Community

Staff Writer at the New Yorker & Author

Filipino-Canadian Actor; Known For NBC Comedy "The Good Place"

Award-Winning Singer & Actress, Known for "Miss Saigon;" Named a Disney Legend After her Singing Roles in "Aladdin" and "Mulan"

Chef, Restaurateur & Guest Judge On "Chopped"

Mountaineer & Motivational Speaker; Leader of the First Singapore Everest Expedition

Original Winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing"

Author, LinkedIn Learning Instructor & Expert on Human Connection

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Speaker, CEO of Jeepney, Chef, Restaurateur & Author of "I Am A Filipino"

Burmese-American Engineer and Project Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Myanmar Activist