Dr Intan Paramaditha
Intan Paramaditha, Indonesian of Sumatran-Sundanese heritage, anticolonial feminist academic and writer based in Australia, is one of the co-founders of Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan (The School of Women’s Thought).
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Dr Sukhmani Khorana
A migrant within her birth country and across oceans, Sukhmani Khorana researches, writes, teaches and engages in activism to improve public understanding of migrants and refugees in the Global North.
Dr Helena Liu
As an intersectional feminist academic and activist, Helena Liu set up Disorient, a website providing important learning, teaching and research resources on feminisms, intersectionality and activisms.
Cristeta Comerford
The first woman to be White House Executive Chef
Dr Kalpana Chawla
Indian-American astronaut
Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan
Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan is recognized the world over as the foremost proponent of Bharatanatyam, a southern Indian classical dance which combines artistic expression with rhythmic footwork.
Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto
The US’s most influential teacher and accomplished master of chado tea ceremonies
Sau Ung Loo Chan
As a Yale Law graduate and the first Asian American woman lawyer in Hawai’i, she became an advocate for Chinese Americans, restored U.S. citizenship for her family, and fought for broader immigrant rights.
Jeanne Sakata
Sakata has been a professional actress since the early 1980s and has performed in film, television, and theater. She made her playwriting debut with Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi in 2007.
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi, also known by her stage name Onoe Kikunobu, is one of the premier nihon buyo (Japanese classical dance) artists in Hawaii and has been studying the tradition for more than 50 years.