46. Using Your Platform to Amplify Your Voice and Story with XiXi Yang

When you look at a successful person, you always think about the glamorous side of it, not the struggles and the rejection that comes from the whole journey. It’s not an overnight success. In today’s episode, we have a sit-down talk with XiXi Yang, a journalist, television personality, and businesswoman. She will share her story about her journey to where she is right now, the obstacles she overcomes, the rejection she faced, and how she uses her platform to lead by example especially with the movement #StopAsianHate. To be silent is to be complicit. We have seen the damage of not speaking up and today, through this episode, I hope that each one of you will get involved with the whole movement. Speak up and have a voice. Paving the way for AAPI women to express themselves and find their freedom through mainstream media Amplifying your voice #StopAsianHate The #1 thing that binds us all 

Om Podcasten

Mayly Tao is a Teochew, Khmer, and Thai first generation Asian American woman based out of Southern California who is the host of Short & Sweet Podcast. She explores themes relating to women empowerment, entrepreneurs, and uplifting and highlighting AAPI stories. She shares a fresh outlook on a variety of topics, sharing anecdotes regarding small business, systems, branding, and partnerships from her experience of owning her own bakery and multiple businesses. She brings on guests in a variety of industries, including women in tech, cannabis, philanthropy, and much more. At the end of her podcast, she has her guests share five golden nuggets or takeaway messages to her listeners. You can support her here: https://linktr.ee/maylytao Mayly Tao is LA’s self-proclaimed Donut Princess, owner of Donut Princess Los Angeles, a donut bouquet delivery concept. You can find her ”Securing the Box” at @donutprincessla. She stars in the Donut King Documentary, as seen on Hulu and across domestic flights across the US. Her uncle, Ted Ngoy, sponsored hundreds of Cambodians to come to America and helped them manage and own their own donut shops. She also has her own YouTube where she visits Cambodian-owned donut shops and highlights their stories. She hopes to elevate Asian American voices and representation and vows to create a legacy for the next generation of Asian Americans.