ASIAN
Our members
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Cynthia Lee Chang
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Native Houstonian, Cynthia Lee Chang, and her husband, Charles, own and operate two Spotlight Karaokes and a karaoke supply store. All together, they have four children. |
Connie Chen
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Connie Chen graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a bachelor's in business administration and a master's in professional accounting. During college, Connie held multiple internships and was involved in many extracurricular activities. Her favorite extracurriclar activity was volunteering at the Foundation Communities Tax Centers where she helped prepare and review returns. In 2014, Connie received her CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license. After college, Connie went to work for the Big 4 accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers. During her time at PwC, Connie worked in the federal tax group where she gained experience in compliance and provisions. Connie always had a strong interest in the oil and gas industry so she left tax accounting to pursue oil and gas opportunities. Currently, Connie is working at Phillips 66, a Fortune 10 company. |
Francine Cheng
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Francine is completing her medical residency training at the University of Texas Medical Branch specializing in Pediatric medicine. She received her BS in Chemistry from Trinity University and her medical degree from the University of North Texas. Francine plans on practicing medicine as a Pediatric Hospitalist and continuing her passion fighting childhood obesity and encouraging preventative medicine. In her free time, she enjoys training for marathons, hiking, and traveling abroad. |
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Suzanne Gee
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Suzanne lives a fulfilling life staying active through work and church ministries. She is the office manager of Fong & Associates, LLP, a busy immigration law firm in Houston, Texas, and the volunteer Youth Coordinator at Asian American Baptist Church, where her greatest joy is to teach students about the love of Jesus Christ. She and her husband are blessed with two grown children and a lovely daughter-in-law. |
Janet Goh-Wiener
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Janet was born in Singapore but calls Houston home. Over the years, she has kept her ties to Houston’s Asian community with participation in the Miss Chinatown Houston Scholarship Pageant, membership in the Malaysian and Singapore Associations, Mandarin studies at the Chinese Community Center, and as a translator for two Feng Shui masters. Janet has also taught English as a Second Language and Job Training classes at the Chinese Community Center. Janet’s main areas of interest are dancing, yoga, meditation, exercise, health, and nutrition. She firmly believes that diet and exercise are important at all stages of life. She keeps the exercise part fun by belly dancing, both with a troupe and solo. She is also a belly dance instructor. In her spare time she studies Spanish, models for Willy Wang’s art class, and volunteers at the Texas Children’s Hospital. Janet is a partner and manager of iXhibit Displays LLC, which deals with assembling, selling and renting of booths for trade shows and conventions. |
Joyce Jia Hu
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Joyce was born Sichuan, China and came to America at the age of six. Since then, she has grown up in Houston. At a very young age, she fell in love with dance and has never been able to leave it. She is well known in the Asian American community for her teaching skills, wonderful choreography, unique dance styles, and uncountable community services for the past 16 years. Joyce has performed worldwide and has won numerous awards. Her students have gone on to win awards nationwide and internationally as well. She recently completed her MBA at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. Joyce hopes to continue pursuing her passion for dance and the arts through her community service, her career path and her life. |
Cookie Joe
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Cookie Joe, a native Houstonian, has established herself as one of Houston’s leading choreographers and professional performers for more than 40 years. In 2006, she was nationally recognized by Dance Teacher Magazine as Dance Teacher of the Year. Cookie’s training began at the age of two, and at nine, she received her first principal role in musical theater. She has studied with dance legends such as Patsy Swayze and Camille Hill, and continued her education at the Houston Ballet. Besides inspiring young performers, Cookie created a unique dance program for local Olympic Gymnastic hopefuls. In addition, she continues to teach dance to children with special needs and actively supports the Star of Hope Homeless Mission of Houston. |
Virginia Chang Kiraly
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Virginia Chang Kiraly earned her B.A. in Government and Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. She worked many years in corporate financial analysis, planning, and investments and is a former Senior Director of the Nasdaq Stock Market. |
Shirley N. Kwan
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Shirley Kwan serves as Vice President of Amegy Bank of Texas and Business Banking Area Manager. Her team specializes in building long-term relationship by providing sound financial advice to small business owners. Prior to her present position, Shirley worked for 23 years at a major banking institution establishing treasury management services for large corporate clients to small businesses.
Shirley is also devoted to making an impact on her community. She has served on the boards of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Association, Fort Bend Literacy Council, and the South Texas Council of Girl Scouts. Shirley is a graduate of the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce Leadership program, Project Blueprint and Leadership Houston, Class XXVII. She spends part of her summers as a missionary in Honduras with Sugar Creek Baptist Church. Shirley graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, is a Certified Treasury Professional, and a Registered Securities Representative. She and her husband of 31 years enjoy being empty nesters after raising two children. |
Cami Lenett
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Cami Lenett graduated from the University of Texas and had her own custom wedding gown design company for many years. She returned to school and received a master's in oncology nursing from the University of California at San Francisco's School of Nursing. Cami is currently the nurse manager for the Hematology, Blood & Marrow Transplant Clinic at UCSF Medical Center, the Bay Area's #1 hospital. |
Rina Liou
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Rina is a native of Houston, Texas.� After graduating from Centenary College of Louisiana with a bachelor's degree in biology, Rina became the director at Akoya Spa.� She has helped build Akoya Spa from a solo business into a top rated day spa on Yelp!, most recently being voted the Best Day Spa in Houston by Houston A-List in 2015. Away from work, Rina finds time to assist behind the scenes at the Miss Chinatown Houston Scholarship Pageant. Rina is also a proud (and busy) new mother to a baby boy, born in 2017. |
Sherry Liu
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Sherry Liu is an award-winning pianist who holds degrees from the prestigious international conservatory, the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is the founder and director of Wunder Academy which was nominated for the “American Express Shine-A-Light” program highlighting the accomplishments of small business owners. Her extensive teaching career has spanned three continents and over 900 students, and her students have also been accepted to top music schools. Apart from individual and group classes, Wunder Academy is the proud piano instruction provider at private schools and the Houston Independent School District. A former Miss Chinatown Houston with an aerobics teaching background, Sherry enjoys practicing yoga for leisure. She feels blessed with a loving family, close friends and dedicated students. |
Soo Leong Liu
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When she’s not traveling, posting images on Instagram, or writing a blog post, Soo is active in church and community projects. She has created and coordinated events such as a series of Women in Motion educational lunches and The Amazing Race Around New Territory. She also dabbles in art and the occasional talent work. To see why it’s not cool to eat shark fin soup, log onto wildaid.org and view Soo’s spot with Yao Ming. |
Tammy Gee Su
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A former Miss Chinatown, Tammy is a native Houstonian. She has excelled in dance and choreography at every level, culminating in being honored as the NFL Houston Texans� first ever Pro Bowl Cheerleader. Tammy has also danced professionally with the NBA Houston Rockets Power Dancers, with the AFL Houston ThunderBears and is on the audition judging panel for The Houston Texans Cheerleaders and The Houston Dynamo Girls. As the Director and Choreographer of the Miss Chinatown Houston Scholarship Pageant and the Chinatown Beat Dancers for the past decade, Tammy�s goal is to help Asian American youth build self confidence and express their individuality through artistic and visual performance. In addition, she is the coach and choreographer of the Dolphin Cheer Team at Sugar Land�s prestigious Honor Roll School.
Tammy is also actively involved in community service. She is a member of the Fort Bend Junior Service League which supports diverse charitable causes in Fort Bend County. Tammy has held a position on FBJSL�s 2011 Charity Ball Committee, and has worked with Swing for the Cure and East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry. She maintains active memberships in community organizations such as the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Asian American Ambassadors and The Baylor University�s Women�s Association of Houston. Tammy is on the Board of Directors for The Honor Roll School Partners, a parent fundraising organization. Despite her busy schedule, family remains Tammy�s priority. She enjoys coordinating school classroom events and parties, reading to children, and creating artwork as a room parent for both her children. Tammy resides in Sugar Land with her husband and children. |
Angela Wang
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Angela Wang currently works as HR Business Partner at Shell Oil Company. Angela graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with her bachelor's degree in international relations and received her master's degree in HR development from the University of Houston. Her experience as Miss Chinatown 2009-2010 inspired her passion for non-profit organizations, most notably having served as the President of Youth Leadership Council from 2015-2016. Angela is engaged to her fiance, Ted Nguyen. In her spare time, Angela likes to travel, cook, practice yoga, and play fetch with her pup Bentley. |
Cindy Yen (Wu)
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Cindy was born and raised in Houston, Texas, yet went on an amazing journey to become well-known Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actress, and producer, Cindy Yen.
Being raised by a single parent did not deter Cindy�s dream to become a singer. She obediently took classical piano and violin lessons to satisfy her mother, but did not give up on her true passion, singing!
During college, she auditioned for �American Idol� and was rejected twice by Simon, Paula and Randy! It only made her more determined to hone her singing, songwriting and dancing skills. That focus served her well when she won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2008! Wu graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with double degrees in Music � Piano Performance and Broadcast Journalism and was preparing to move to Taiwan to pursue a singing career when she was crowned Miss Chinatown USA 2009 in San Francisco! On her 2009 debut album, a duet sung with Chinese superstar Jay Chou titled �Sand Painting� (composed by Yen with lyrics by Vincent Fang) topped music charts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and China! Cindy has always had a heart to help others. In January 2010, Cindy became spokesperson for the "Lotus" charity event, aimed at raising money for children. One day Cindy hopes to open a music school or music camp �that can provide a financial-free education for children and give them a chance to creatively express themselves through music.� In November 2010, Cindy performed alongside Jay Chou and Wilber Pan at Soong Ching-Ling’s (Madame Sun Yat-Sen) Charity Foundation event in Shanghai, China. Together, the three artists donated �1,500,000 ($250,000USD) for families residing in Eastern China! Cindy recently collaborated with other artists in a fundraising event for Japan called "Believe" to raise money after the recent quake and tsunami. She is currently on tour with Jay Chou and working on her second album, hopefully to be released this summer! |
Grace Zhang
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Grace Zhang is a current business student at Babson College where she studies Entrepreneurship. She was the Miss Chinatown Houston 2023 and Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce/Miss Talent 2024. Grace is also a talented sand artist that has made sand animation projects for major companies such as Warner Bros Inc. Growing up in the Houston Chinatown, Grace finds her home in the Chinese Community and dedicates a lot of her time serving the community through charity events, sand animation performances, and guest appearances. She is excited to be a part of the Asian American Ambassadors! |
Honorary members
Charles C. Foster
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Charles C. Foster is Chairman of Foster, LLP and has more than 30 years of experience representing and advising multinational companies on U.S. immigration law. The founding chair of the State Bar of Texas Immigration and Nationality Law Section, Mr. Foster led the Greater Houston Partnership Task Force on Immigration Reform and serves as Honorary Consul General for the Kingdom of Thailand among many other activities. Texas Lawyer has selected Mr. Foster as the top "Go-To Immigration Lawyer" for the State of Texas since 2003. Mr. Foster's role as an immigration lawyer was featured in the 2010 film Mao's Last Dancer. View photos from the 2011 screening event in Houston. Mr. Foster is married to Lily Chen, an actress who has appeared in a number of films including From the New World, Children of the Dragon, Robocop II, and West Queen. |
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