Our Team
Che sehyun
Corean indigenous artist born in Seattle working in video, photography, music, dance, and story-telling. Special projects curator at SAAM. ED of non-profit, Experience Education. Creative Director of media production company Medium Medium.
King Khazm
King Khazm is a multifaceted artist and community organizer who has become a prominent figure in the Hip-Hop community within Seattle and around the world. His work to unify and empower the community is demonstrated through over 25 years of art and community service.
Cynthia Yongvang
Cynthia Yongvang is a small business owner (owner of the CYNTHIA YONGVANG™ brand and co-owner of the Pacific Moon Catering with her husband), a textile designer, mixed media/digital artist and Hmong community leader living in Renton for the past 10 years.She has experience building community collaborations and managing projects as part of her previous leadership work in the nonprofit sector as the former executive director of an immigrant and refugee women’s organization and board chair of a coalition of over 15 immigrant and refugee organizations in MN.
Tuan Nguyen
I'm an artist and educator with over a decade of experience in the arts field. I was the Director of Visual Arts and Gallery at COCA in St. Louis from 2006-2009 and the Director of Education at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis from 2009-2016. In these roles, I've managed, directed, and taught visual arts to students K-12 and curated exhibitions for both the Millstone Gallery at COCA and the Education Gallery at CAM.
Latha Sambamurthi
Anna Iwasaki
I'm a fourth year studying Violin performance and Art History at Seattle University. Outside of classes, I work at the library and the Hedreen Gallery, and am interning at the Frye Art Museum as a gallery guide. Although I'm still trying to figure out my goals and interests, I am hoping to explore more on the power of art and how it could be used as a tool to connect and bring together people.
Dennis Diaz
My name is Dennis. I go by Dene because it’s what my family called me growing up. I was born and raised in NYC queens to Dominican parents who immigrated to the US. I’m a culturalist, photographer and poet living in South park, WA. It wasn’t until later in my life that I began to research and familiarize myself with my roots and culture. I host an open mic in the cafe where I work every first Tuesday of the month. My interest are in bringing people together and sharing truth and our stories. Celebrating the richness of our cultures, traditions (esp music) and values.
Gia Tran
My name is Gia, which means family in Vietnamese. I have luckily been able to walk between the two paths of being East and Southeast Asian equally so far in my life. I aim to learn my languages fluently, and preserve cultural knowledge. As a Vietnamese person, I send my regards to the Cham People. I hope to stand with you and learn more about your culture. As a Chinese person, I send my prayers and dedication to stand with Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Muslims that have faced cruel Chinese tyranny.I believe all that happens externally can be healed within yourself. This was a teaching I learned when I joined a Vietnamese Buddhist youth group G.D.P.T in Othello, Duoc Su Temple for 5 years.
Yoona Lee
I'm a Seattle-based visual artist, writer, and racial justice activist, with a creative practice that focuses on racial politics in America. My artwork has been shown at Sotheby’s NYC, the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, and various galleries around Seattle. I've also enjoyed volunteering as an artist-mentor for Franklin High School's Art of Resistance & Resilience club to help produce the school's 40-foot mural honoring the 50th anniversary of the Seattle Black Panther Party, along with the set for Amontaine Aurore's "Don't Call It a Riot!" I have strong ties to the visual art community in Seattle and have also been involved in antifa organizing to keep white nationalists out of Seattle music spaces.
Jazmine Rosemond
I am a 20 year old full time Digital Design student at Seattle University, part-time model, and part-time employee at Whole Foods. I am of Black, Filipina, and white ancestry, born in Northern California and raised in Maui, Hawaii.
Goals: To connect with artists who have established careers for themselves and get advice as well as finding a path for myself and my artistry. Connect my heritage to my craft so I can inspire and educate others. Expand my art beyond myself/contribute to something larger than myself.
Jayden Breaux-Santiago
I am a 20-year-old Design student at Seattle University. I am a Native Hawaiian and I was born and raised in Wahiawa, Hawaii. I am advocate of the Hawaiian culture and see myself as a pillar for the next generation of Hawaiians. I wish to use this experience to spread and embolden the Hawaiian culture on a global scale.
Edd Hampton
My name is Eddie and i am a catalyst in the Blaq/Afrikan community of the puget sound. I believe the great cultural heritage left by our ancestors is the key to global unity and world peace.I believe we have to be strategic and disciplined in executing whatever plans we have to make this work. My goal is to create harmony amongst the Afrikan diaspora. I am a founder of a organization called the Blaq Elephant Party.
Shin Yu Pai
I'm a curator, events producer, artist, and author and have been involved with the AAPI community through my work with Densho Project, NW Asian Weekly, International Examiner, and The Wing Luke Museum. I served as the fourth Poet Laureate for The City of Redmond and have been an artist in residence with Pacific Science Center, Seattle Art Museum, and Town Hall Seattle.
Chieko Phillips
Daneca Tran
I love the power of spoken word and freestyle rap as a means to engage thought provoking ideas and to share wholesome experiences and meaningful expression with others. I would like to see more cyphers and writing circles, possibly in outdoor spaces like public parks or beaches. I am a small scale caterer, supplying local, seasonal, fully plant based meals to support community events ranging from community dinners to meditation workshops.
Shaun Maija
I'm a first generation Filipino and amateur DJ born in Honolulu. I'm a psychology major that has worked with various arts organizations like Northwest Folklife, SIFF, and The Vera Project. Currently, I work at the Wing Luke Museum in the Chinatown-International District, where I manage the Marketing Department and help develop campaign strategies for our exhibit and programming openings.
Vivian Hua
Vivian Hua (華婷婷) is a writer, filmmaker, and organizer with semi-nomadic tendencies. As the Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, a Co-Founder of the civil rights film series, The Seventh Art Stand, and Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary arts publication, REDEFINE, much of her work unifies her metaphysical interests with her belief that art can positively transform the self and society. Her narrative short film, Searching Skies–which touches on the controversial topic of Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States–was released in 2018, after making festival rounds. She is currently writing a short-form episodic entitled Reckless Spirits, as well as researching national efforts to preserve cultural space.
Tenzing Lhamo Dorjee
I'm 22 year old Tibetan born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. I illustrate and make comics. Fresh alumni from Cornish College of the Arts as of May 2019. Work at a local clothing boutique in the day. Freelance at night.Goals: To become an independent cartoonist. Start a scholarship for young Tibetan creatives. Get published.
Jiries Harb
I am a 20-year-old environmental studies student with a specialization in Urban Sustainability at Seattle University in Capitol Hill. I am of Palestinian and white ancestry and was born and raised in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.
Goals/Hopes: Build strong productive relationships and bring my understanding of others' cultures and my own to a new level.
Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud
Jasmine is a researcher, writer, and Assistant Professor in the Arts Leadership program at Seattle University. She researches, writes, and teaches about contemporary artistic practice, aesthetics, race, policy, and geography with a focus on anti-racist, decolonial urbanism.