The Information Exchange

September 30, 2015

Categories:
Events,
Featured
This year, we held our Gala at the Park Plaza Hotel! Here are some shots after we set up!
We started the night with our VIP Reception, sponsored by Johnnie Walker
To kick off, we had a live Roast Pig carving!
Then we headed upstairs, where YJ Gold and Andrea Mai-Tran (Sketchjuice), emceed the Awards Gala!
In addition to our delicious dinner, we had a fun [...]

August 9, 2015

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Featured,
Professional
The Martell Icons of Inspiration Competition appeared on my radar one morning as I scrolled idly through my social media feeds, waiting for my breakfast at a street cart outside my office in Manhattan. I noticed that the deadline was some far off date in the future, and that there would be some intermediary round in Los Angeles before any winners were selected. It seemed like a lot of [...]

April 27, 2015

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Featured,
Professional
Let me tell you about some of the best years of my life. After growing up and attending school in the Sacramento region, I decided to move down to Southern California in 2006. As a kid, my dream was to live in “SoCal” and be in the thick of the action as depicted by Hollywood. Knowing only two friends in the area I got involved with [...]

April 15, 2015

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Featured,
Professional
In 2007, I was a fresh college graduate back in LA, after 4 years in NorCal. At the suggestion of my parents, I researched some Asian American professional organizations to jumpstart my LA network with.
APEX stood out from the rest, as providing an environment that was both fun, and inspiring. A good mix of social and professional.
The following year, I applied to be Director of Administrative [...]

January 26, 2015

Categories:
Featured,
News
Happy New Year!
I would like to introduce myself as the newly elected President of APEX. APEX has been a big part of my life for the past 5 years. I was the Chair of Professional Development for 2 years and moved onto the role of Director of Professional Development for 2 more, taking a break in between. What is inspiring to see is how the APEX community continues to grow [...]

April 25, 2014

Categories:
Cultural,
Featured,
News
Sarah Lawrence professor of writing and poetry and Graywolf Press author, Vijay Seshadris, recently became the first Asian American to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for his collection, Three Sections. Whether you view poetry as the highest echelon of expression or a rarified indulgence, from ancient China to the salons of Versaille, poetry has often been a benchmark of inclusion in the culture of a place and time. [...]
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