UCLA Asian American Studies alumni Angel Trazo, MA ’20, is featured in Books by Bruins for their book “We Are Inspiring: The Stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American Women” (2019). “We Are Inspiring” brings to life the stories of Asian American women from different communities. Trazo wrote the book with the goal of preventing the erasure of Asian Americans as an integral part of American history. Aimed at children ages 10 and over, the book covers 32 inspirational women including scientists, artists, actresses, comedians, judges and Olympians. Trazo is an author, illustrator and grad student based in the Bay Area. She holds a master’s degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. This is her debut children’s book.

Find the book here. Find the Books by Bruins website here.

Check out Voyage LA’s piece highlighting one of AASD’s continuing lecturers, Dr. Kelly Fong! She shares on her background, experience in the fields of Archeology and Asian American Studies, and her current projects.

The Asian American Studies Center at UCLA awarded this year’s Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship to graduate student Brian Kohaya and undergraduate student Steven Tran. Congratulations to the recipients!

 

Read more about the award recipients here.

Kelly Fong, Continuing Lecturer in Asian American Studies, was featured in an interview in Diversity in Action magazine about the upcoming AAPI Multimedia Textbook. Read more about it here.