✨Activist – Educator – Curator – Creator – Cook ✨
An advocate for diversity, inclusion & equity, alternative education, creative and innovative solutions, building bridges and wholesome communication.
Disrupting whilst flourishing 🌱
Projects
CONTRIBUTIONS
06/2020: Facilitated EDI workshop: Uplifting BAME Communities. For MASc in Creative Health students at UCL, London.
06/2020: Freelance Visual Communication work for Equinox: Initiative for Racial Justice. REPORT: Ending Fortress Europe: Recommendations for a racial justice approach to EU migration policy.
06/2022: Pop-Up Kitchen & Food Installation for “History Has Failed Us, But…” performance by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim at English Theatre.
06/2022: Pop-Up Kitchen & Food Installation for “History Has Failed Us, But…” performance by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim at Sophiensaele.
06/2022: Pop-Up Kitchen & Food Installation for “History Has Failed Us, But…” performance by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim during Volume Up Festival at Tanzhaus NRW.
05/2022: Eternal Mooncake Clay Workshop at Celestial Festival.
05/2022: Co-curator and co-producer of Celestial Festival: During Asia-Pacific Heritage month’s full moon, we centre this festival around voices and talent from our communities by providing a platform for up-and-coming talents; celebrating us through music, sound, taste and visuals. Hosted by YEOJA Mag. Funded by Musicboard Berlin.
02/2022: Pop-Up Kitchen & Food Installation for ‘History has failed us, but…’ performance by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim at Sophiensaele.
01/2022: Co-founding member of the United Networks gUG funded by Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste
11/2021: Our Elders’ Foods – Tools To Transform Workshop at FACT, Liverpool
11/2021: Eye to Eye Workshop – Empowerment Workshop: Honouring The Foods of Our Ancestors at BIWOC* Rising
10/2021: Mapping Memory contribution – The Pandanoodle.
10/2021: Graphic Design for Voicemail #8.
10/2021: Freelance Visual Communication work for Initiative for Racial Justice. REPORT: Structural Racism in Law Enforcement in the European Union.
08/2021: Artistic Contribution to the Night School Berlin: »Night School Potluck« at Pop-Kultur.
07/2021: Interviewed for Heinrich Böll Stiftung: After Atlanta. Anti-Asian Racism in Germany article written by Dahye Yim, Ngoc Bui, and Jee Hei Park.
06/2021: Non Native Native FAIR contribution – A Feeders Community Care & Resilience. Playing with food, community care and art with Promona Sengupta. Cooking Video filmed by Thao Ho, edited by Vicky Truong.
05/2021: Tools To Transform Contribution – Our Elders’ Foods. An Asian Art Activist organised workbook for Asian Diaspora organising.
05/2021: Freelance Visual Communication work for Equinox: Initiative for Racial Justice. REPORT: Towards Gender Justice report.
05/2021: Main organiser of FUtopia 2021. A 5-day festival that centres Queer and BIPoC care, rest and knowledge sharing. PROGRAM: https://cryptpad.fr/kanban/#/2/kanban/view/WNjR8u+eOFu-uGr9RdWF8kV+P-Za71JZTfBbEj9q+sA/
03/2021: Co-organisation of the Vigil and Demo In Memory In Resistance: In solidarity with Atlanta and Asian Diaspora Communities.
03/2021: Freelance Visual Communication work for Equinox: Initiative for Racial Justice. REPORT: Towards Racial Justice report.
03/2021: Assistant researcher, interviewer, transcriber for the RE: Writing The Future Festival.
01/2021: Have You Eaten Yet? BPoC online community dinner. Sharing stories surrounding food.
12/2020: Workshop facilitator for Cobot – Diversity and Inclusion.
12/2020: Speaker at an Artist Training Lab for Radical Transformation at UdK. Speaking about my work in the field of anti-discrimination and organisational development.
12/2020: Modelled for Marzena Skubatz’s photo for the Hugs to Post project raising money for Doctors Without Borders.
11/2020: Co-organising the un.Thai.tled exhibition as part of the German Asian Artist Conference.
11/2020: Initiated the online dinner series: Have You Eaten Yet? A BPoC dinner for community care.
11/2020: Speaker at the Asian Art Activism Til We Meet Again series – Tools to Transform panel.
09-11/2020: #Mygration Online Festival Series Program Curation and Moderation. Watch the series here.
09/2020: Seeing Color Podcast “I AM NOT A FORTUNE COOKIE (w/Vicky Truong)” with Zhiwan Cheung
09/2020: Facilitation Eye to Eye Session at the Soydivision Likalikuluka event. Eye to Eye creates safer spaces for BIPOC to discuss, share and acknowledge each other surrounding the topic of race & intersects.
09/2020: Project Management for #Mygration – Midnight Traveler Screening
08/2020: Moderator for the Collective Artist Activist Talk #5: Black Lives Matter Berlin with Interflugs
07/2020: Published translated article „Auf der Brücke zwischen mir und meinen Lieben liegt das Essen“ with Südostasien
06/2020: Project Manager and Moderator for #Mygration Deutschland Festival event–Thai Food Pop-Up x Mygration x un.Thai.tled x Pandanoodle. Watch the recordings here.
06/2020: Speaker at Artists Talking To Artists II : Isaiah Lopaz & Vicky Truong in collaboration with Iwalewahaus Universität Bayreuth. VIDEO RECORDING.
06/2020: Co-organiser and Facilitator for Stop Police Brutality – Black Asian Solidarity EU-wide Online Discussion for DAMN*
05/2020: Workshop Facilitation for FemmeFitness : Food Nourishing The Body and Soul
05/2020: Photographed for “Gabenzäune” piece by Marzena Skubatz
04/2020: Initiative to begin online community calls on pressing topics for Women* of Asian descent in Germany. Facilitating a talk on exoticism, fetishisation, sexual violence and predators, sentiments of loneliness during the COVID-19 situation.
03/2020: Project Manager and Curator of #Mygration Deutschland Festival
03/2020: Rice is Life Catering at Voicemail #5
02/2020: Project Manager and Content Creator #Mygration movement
01/2020: Interview for article with Noizz “Ist es rassistisch, von “asiatischem Essen” zu sprechen?” written by Katharina Kunert.
01/2020: Writer of “Food Breaking Through Migration Barriers” for VLAB.
12/2019: Event Manager for “Flicks and Chill–Discussing navigation through inequitable spaces” BIPOC community event for AfricAvenir
12/2019: Speaker at Deutsche Antidiskriminierungstage 2019 in association with Black Brown Berlin at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin
11/2019: Interviewed for “From Fashion Design To Alternative Education & Activism In Berlin” with POC Stories by Aissa Sica
11/2019 Participant of Learning from Art? research project, Bosch Alumni Network in Berlin
11/2019: Project Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for Dilated Eye to Eye workshop at UdK, Berlin
11/2019: Co-production and co-hosting Asian Artist Network Meetup #2 in Berlin
11/2019: Project Coordination and Workshop Facilitation for Eye to Eye #6 The Struggle is REAL in Leipzig
10/2019: Participant of Creators of Common Ground, Bosch Alumni Network in England
10/2019: Project Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for Eye to Eye #5 Community, Activism and Harnessing Social Media. Socio-political workshop series for the Asian diaspora.
09/2019: Project Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for Eye to Eye #4 Connecting to our Food. Socio-political workshop series for the Asian diaspora.
09/2019: Participant of kick-off meeting for German Artists of Asian descent for Fluctoplasma
07/2019: Project Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for Eye to Eye #3 Internalised Racism and White Washing. Socio-political workshop series for the Asian diaspora.
06/2019: Participant of EPRIE conference in Tokyo and Seoul
06/2019: Project contribution for N*A*I*L*S hacks*facts*fictions with District
05/2019: Project Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for Eye to Eye #2 Intersectionality and Racism. Socio-political workshop series for the Asian diaspora.
05/2019: TGEU – Transgender Europe and Center for Intersectional Justice videos surrounding the European Parliament elections
04/2019: Panelist on Cracking the Ceiling conference at Hertie School of Governance
03/2019: Event Production and Host for Community Meet-Up and German-Asian archive
2018 – Present: Catering and Production Assistance Voicemail: Spoken Word, Music and Comedy event series
2018: Project Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for Eye to Eye #1 Micro-Aggressions. Socio-political workshop series for the Asian diaspora.
11/2018: Project Coordinator, Curator and Host for WE ARE NOT SAME SAME festival
11/2018: Interviewed for “5 Questions for… Vicky Truong” with EXBERLINER
06/2018: Project Coordinator and Curator for I AM NOT A FORTUNE COOKIE event
04/2018: Interviewed for “Rice is Love at Rice is Life” with Berline Loves You
2017 – Present: Owner of Rice is Life catering and pop-up kitchen series
2014 – Present: Educator at Meine Schule Berlin
Let’s make things happen!
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Working within an array of industries: Arts & Culture, Academia, Business and Gastronomy.
Continuously open for collaborations with individuals, collectives and corporations working towards social change, equity, inclusion and diversity.
My Skills
I have skills in community management, project coordination, events management, workshop facilitation, education, marketing, content creation, basic graphic design, social media and cooking.
I speak English (C2), Chinese (Teochew dialect), French (B1) and German (B2).
Proficiency with MS Office, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, MailChimp, Creator Studio, WP.
About Me
Australian born and raised with Chinese (Teochew), Thai and Vietnamese heritage.
Currently residing in Berlin, Germany. I completed my Bachelor of Business in Australia and studied Fashion Design and Creation in Paris, France.
I have experience in a range of industries and am currently focused on the arts & culture sector, education and social work.
As an activist, I focus on lifting and empowering BIPoC communities; organising workshops, events, festivals and actions that centre BIPoC. I focus on building bridges for cross-community solidarity and fostering deep relationships.
I have worked in an alternative-free school for many years teaching English through creativity and play. Working with children aged 7-16 years old, I focus on teaching life skills, social skills, awareness of sociopolitical issues and critical thinking.
My deep relationship with food has become a focal point of much of my work. Food is a tool to explore identity, understand histories, connect deeply and heal. I not only find joy in feeding people, I also illustrate food, write about food and capture it.
I continuously strive to challenge my skills and knowledge–forever growing and learning. I hope to do so through collaborations in an array of industries. I offer DEI workshops for those committed to change-making.
Currently residing in Berlin, Germany. I completed my Bachelor of Business in Australia and studied Fashion Design and Creation in Paris, France. I speak English (mother-tongue), Chinese (Teochew dialect), French (B1), and German (B2).
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