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Celebrating the Stories of our Multiracial
AAPI Community
Sunday, March 12th
11:00 AM
Denver Sie Center House 1
2510 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
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About the Panel
Join us for a community conversation “Celebrating the Stories of Our Multiracial Asian American Pacific Islander Community,” which aims to provide a foundation for understanding our diverse AAPI community and notions of identity. How does our multiracial AAPI community see and describe themselves? How are they seen and described by others? What can members of the broader AAPI community and beyond do to create a sense of belonging and inclusion for individuals with multiracial and multiethnic identities? We’ll tackle these nuanced questions as we celebrate the unique stories of our multiracial AAPI community.
Meet our Moderator & Panelists
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Meet our Moderator
Catharine McCord (she/her) is a multiracial (Taiwanese + White) Asian American working as the Lifelong Learning and Accessibility Fellow at Denver Art Museum focused on wellness programming, and as a Program Educator and Mindfulness Guide with Veterans to Farmers. She also serves on the City & County of Denver's Asian American Pacific Islander Commission. Catharine's wellness journey includes training in the Hatha yoga tradition, horticultural therapy, and trauma sensitive mindfulness. With advanced degrees in biochemistry and landscape architecture, she blends together the benefits of outdoor spaces with self care practices to regulate the nervous system. She leads her sessions through a lens of justice, equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility. She is particularly excited about this panel and the representation and inclusion of stories about the Asian community by the Asian community. |
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Meet our Panelist
Maddy Santamaria is a director, editor, photographer, and motion graphics artist. Her love for digital art was rooted in filming and editing YouTube videos which then inspired her to pursue film school. She trained her eye for the arts through her passion for photography and began expanding her storytelling skill sets through short films, music videos, and animations. “I believe that change in the film and television industry needs to be made and I hope to be a part of that movement. Being a woman of mixed race, I seek to inspire and empower those around me so they can see that their lives and their stories are just as significant and deserve to be told. I challenge myself as a filmmaker to explore non-traditional ways of filmmaking to tell the legends of life as we know, putting me one step closer to my dream of becoming a Diversity-advocate female Director.” |
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Meet our Panelist
In 2007, Dayna Marshall emigrated to America with her younger brother and mother from Bangkok, Thailand. Dayna is multiracial with her mom’s side being Thai and Chinese, and her dad African American. Dayna is a junior at Metropolitan State University of Denver with a major in Finance. Since she is her family’s first generation to grow up in America, Dayna’s goal is to set a strong financial foundation for her family to build upon in the future. Dayna’s love for film comes from growing up watching Thai, Chinese, and Korean dramas with her mom. Some of her favorites are Full House, Meteor Garden, Ashes of Love, and Bupphesanniwat. Dayna identifies as a hopeless romantic who enjoys a good love story with dramatic action scenes. Dayna is also an artist who paints emotionalism or “expressionism”. Being multiracial motivates Dayna to push for others with similar experiences to express themselves proudly and purposefully. |
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Meet our Panelist
Miyana Shively was born in Alaska and raised in the Inland Northwest, Miyana Shively moved to Denver in 2016 for school. She proudly identifies as multiracial; Vietnamese, Yup’ik, & White. She earned her Bachelor’s in Media & Mass Communications from Johnson & Wales University in 2020. Her love for film goes back to childhood when she’d watch the best of 80s/90s rom coms and dramas on VHS with her family. She wants to see more live action films with main characters of color whose stories are as dynamic and rich as real life. As someone who chronically romanticizes daily life and authentic connection, Miyana likes to encourage friends who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) to positively embrace their main character energy. |
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Meet our Panelist
"Q The Blasian Badass" is a Brand & Social Media Director, Entrepreneur, Mindset Coach, Podcaster, and Content Creator. Q is the Marketing Director at The Next Paige Talent Management Agency in Kansas City. She is proud to be an Asian & Black Adoptee and being Blasian (Black + Asian = Blasian) or multiracial is a message that she advocates. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Organizational Management & Leadership. She created The Blasian Badass Podcast to share the successes, struggles, mindsets and stories of her 'Blasian' Black & Asian communities. We do not see enough Asian & Black representation in film, media, social media, corporate, non-profit, or any other field. Thus, she is invading the Social Media, Podcast, and Coaching niches to be seen and heard. Follow & Connect with her @qtheblasianbadass on all social media platforms. |