Many Faces
Allan Eng-achson
Allan Eng-Achson’s Timeless Gift To Past, Present and Future Generations Every building and every structure tells a story. Some of these stories invoke the noblestRead More
Don Yick Chin
Don Yick Chin, born in 1927, is my eldest brother. He was born in The Village of the Floating Moon in Toisan, China. The VillageRead More
Gina Cheng
MY Grandfather (Cheng Ti Sui) Was one Of The First Chinese to Arrive in the United States he worked on the merchant ships as aRead More
Tong Chee Lee
THAT'S MY FATHER Tong Chee Lee (1916-1972) ON THE LEFT. Don’t know date of picture, how old he was or if he even how toRead More
Milton Fong
My Father and mother came to this country to find Freedom, opportunity and sustenance. leaving a place in China where there was little opportunity then,Read More
VEN TOW Lee
Ven Tow Lee was born in hunan province to general li moan and his wife mary in 1935. they emigrated to argentina, where ven attendedRead More
Susan L. Yung
A modern exclusion video of "Once upon a time, we were warriors ... "https://youtu.be/bD9pKuoiQws >> Back to Many FacesRead More
Gan Hong NG
Gan Hong Ng was born in China in 1910. His first visit to America was in 1920 at the age of 10 on Jul 3,Read More
Heng Fong Joe
My Chinese-American heritage stretches back much farther than most, dating back to the turn of the 20th century. My Great Grandfather, Heng Fong Joe (transliterated fromRead More
Yuen Yee Chan/Chen
My grandfather, Chan Yuen Yee (1859-1944), came to the United States in 1880 when discrimination against the Chinese was very strong. He lived through theRead More
Danny Chen
“At the end of the day, it’s about principal. It’s about character. It’s about living an honorable life.” These were the words of my father,Read More
Dong Tsuey Oy Lee (Chin)
My Mother, Dong Tsuey Oy Lee (Chin) 11/30/10 - 08/16/05 My dad, Jung Lim Lee (Chin), died when I was 8 yrs. old,Read More
Man Bun (MB) Lee
My dad (with eyeglasses on the left) was not a boxing fan, but he greatly admired Mohammed Ali because of Ali’s personal courage in standingRead More
Jung Lim Lee (Chin)
By Helen Lee (Chin) Weinberg My Father, Jung Lim Lee (Chin) 10/01/13 - 01/24/59 My father immigrated to America in 1932 as a young manRead More
Suzanne Chin Eng
As a child born to Chinese Immigrant parents, and whose grandparents made it to America despite the Exclusion Act. I am proud to be partRead More
Alice Shih
Alice Jeung Shih was born and raised in san francisco, ca. her father's family was from pacific grove, ca, one of the 19 originalRead More
Frank Pao-Hu Shih
Shih pao-hu (chosen american name "frank") arrived on U.S. shores in 1945 and went to work as a journalist covering the war. the chineseRead More
Patricia Shih
I have been a full-time professional singer-songwriter for almost my entire life (since age 15). Having grown up in Bowie, md in an almostRead More
Lillie Lee Hong
Lillie Lee Hong, a.k.a. - Grandma Hong January 3, 1919 – October 19, 2012 St. Louis, MO (PHOTO: Grandma Hong at the age 93, always smiling andRead More
Gordon (Gee Hung) Wu
Gordon Gee Hung Wu was born on July 30th, 1904 in Song Chau Village, Toisan district, China. He was the second of four sons andRead More
Thomas Wong
Thomas Wong (aka Wong Wei-Tow) was born in 1913 in Wu-Shek village, Toisan district, China. He is the son of Wong Lai-Sheng, who immigrated toRead More
Helen Wong
Helen Wong (nee Chin Fong-Har) was born in 1923 in Pon-Tong village, Toisan district, China. She is the daughter of Chin Sing-Toy and granddaughter ofRead More
Kwei-lin Lum
I was born in Honolulu Hawaii in 1950. I have a small story to tell, but it’s part of a large history. As a child IRead More
Kay Lau Donna
I have such a beautiful and rich Chinese culture running through my blood. I am the youngest of 5 children. My Grandfather my Mother's FatherRead More
Tuck Young
One of only two Mississippi River Delta Chinese classified as KIA during WWII, Tuck volunteered to serve his country despite the gross discrimination and injusticesRead More
Stephen Young
I have visited the New-York Historical Society several times and was excited to hear about the Chinese-American exhibit that is currently on display. Even thoughRead More
Shirley Young
Shirley Young is President of Shirley Young Associates, LLC, a business advisory company, and serves as senior adviser to General Motors Asia Pacific. From 1988-2000Read More
Joyce Shing
I am the 4th child of 5 and the first american born child of a chinese immigrant family. i was born in 1957 and growingRead More
KING LIN HUIE
Despite the efforts of my father I was never truly proud to be Chinese until the mid-80's when they started showing Kung Fu movies onRead More
Ruiguang Zhang
Prior to migrating to America, Zhang had lived in Shanghai, China. At the outset of the social upheaval, her father, Shuyi Zhang, was jailed dueRead More
Sylvia Wong Lewis
My mother's Chinese-Caribbean ancestors were indentured workers in Trinidad and Guyana, They were called 'coolies.' I lived with My Chinese grandmother in Chinatown during schoolRead More
Tiffany Teng
I am a second-generation Asian-American, first-generation college student. My mother was born in Taiwan, and my father was born in Myanmar. Both immigrated to AmericaRead More
Katherine Wu
I was born in San Francisco, California, but I moved back to China with my parents when I was only one years old and grewRead More
Wilem Wong
Wilem Wong believes that there is no refund for your life. You have to make your admission ticket count.He was born and raised in NewRead More
Leong Ying
Nuclear physicist with profound discoveries that will bring a renaissance in science based around a "yin-yang" twin universe existence that explains many of the cosmicRead More
Susan Lim Wong
My mother, Susan Lim Wong, was born in Oakland, CA. My grandfather was already living in Oakland and he was trying to bring his wifeRead More
Renouard Gee
My stoic & PROUD FATHER, david (Sep Yeul) Gee, came to America in 1929 from Taishan, Guangdong. Due to the Exclusion Act, many Chinese inRead More
Cindy Moore
I'm part of the first Generation of American born Chinese in my family - both of my parents immigrated from China when they were younger.Read More
Vivian Huang
I Am A Chinese American Physician living in New York City. In 2013, I worked with Doctors without Borders and went on a Medical missionRead More
Fay Chee Seto
I was the first U.S. born daughter of 57 year old Kai Yip Seto. He had two chinese wives living in his Ancestral village ofRead More
I. Yosun Chang
I. Yosun Chang is a creative hacker - a software developer and entrepreneur who specializes in 3D augmented reality, virtual reality, and rapidly prototyping “coolRead More
Jean lau Chin
Chin, J. L. (2005) Learning from My Mother’s Voice: Family Legend and the Chinese American Experience. New York, NY: TC Press an oral history about theRead More
Anthony Oertel
I created these webpages based on habeas corpus cases in the Ninth district court of san francisco for the period form 1882 to 1892. http://www.frederickbee.com/ahoie.html -Read More
Shuck Ngew Tom
The Tom Family realized the importance of preserving family legacy and understanding the history and struggles of early Chinese immigrants in the United States. AfterRead More
Joyce Chan
Do you Sleep with a Brick on your Nose?! Was what my brother's friend in the 5th grade asked me on the school bus oneRead More
Huan-Chen Cheng
Dr. Cheng huan-chen died last year after an epic 91 years. His improbable life began the winter of 1922 in frigid northern manchuria where heRead More
Stephanie Hon
Growing up as a Chinese-American could best be described as a struggle, an identity crisis. As an adolescent, “Americanized” was synonymous to status. First toRead More
Leighton Mark
Story is about my parents, who came to this country from china before wwii, and our family. my Father joined the army during wwii toRead More
Neenah Chapman
Neenah was my great grandmother. She was born in Shanghai to George Hamill (an engineer dredging the bay of Shanghai) and Lao Tai. SheRead More
Calamity Chang
I am a chinese american burlesque performer based in nyc. I think burlesque is a woman positive artform with a long history in america, butRead More
Ying-Chun Tan
This photo was taken in New York around 1959. Four years later, my father Ying-chun Tan wanted to live in Chinatown, close to the ChineseRead More
Want Liang
Liang Wang joined the New York Philharmonic in September 2006 as Principal Oboe. Previously, he was principal oboe of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2005–06), andRead More
Chien Chung (DIDI) Pei
Chien Chung (Didi) Pei earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Physics from Harvard College in 1968 and graduated in 1972 from Harvard’s Graduate SchoolRead More
Betty C. Jung
my parents came to the us from the canton (quandong) province before the communists took over the country. while my parents and grandfathers all ownedRead More
Michael Bow Lau Ma
Ma Chi-Sang was born in Shar Chung Village in Chung-Shan County in December of 1916. Ma Chi-Sang’s father was one of the first Chinese toRead More
Hsueh-Tung Chen
In 1970 I arrived in New York from Taipei with $40 and a suitcase. Several of my friends and I shared an apartment in theRead More
Ching ho Cheng
Ching ho Cheng has the distinction of being the first contemporary Chinese-American artist to be recognized in America, says Ronald Kuchta, former Everson Museum director.Read More
Tian Hao Jiang
Hao Jiang Tian (田浩江), born in Beijing and landed in New York to attend graduate school in 1983, has sung over 1300 performances of 40Read More
Kai Hem Lee
Although this is only one part of our family history, it is important to me that I share this experience. My father, Kai Hem Lee,Read More
Susie, Chung-Ying Li
This Side of Paradise – An Immigrant’s StoryThis is a life well-lived, perfectly fine, Undistinguished to others, content within herself. For an average person with average talent, above-averageRead More
Karen Young Ford
I am a 3rd generation Chinese/american. I make functional porcelain/ glass tableware. I grew up in Huntington, NY one of the only chinese families inRead More
Jacky Tran
I was the first us-born child of my sino-vietnamese father and vietnamese mother. We lived in the Bay Area - a region with a well-deservedRead More
Park Jing Wong
PARK JING WONG lived between APRIL 26, 1934 and July 14, 2014. He was born and raised IN a village of TAISHAN, A CITY INRead More
Alice Young
Lawyer, Independent Director, Advisor, Public Service Advocate and mother- Alice Young has many different roles in her life. Born in Washington, D.C. of Chinese diplomatRead More
Michael Kan
Isn't it strange that Michael Kan, a Chinese-American should have appeared in a Detroit publication photographed with one of the most famous and outstanding piecesRead More
Margaret Lu
My name is Margaret Lu. I was born in Shanghai on the eve of the Communist take-over of the city. Under the influence and tutorageRead More
John Young
John Young was born Yang Jue Yong in Tianjin, China in 1920. However, he spent much of his youth in Japan, where his father wasRead More
Victor Tam
Exectly 40 years ago, we made the big decisionto left our birth mother(China) and came to our forest mother(United State) with our 2 young kids.theRead More
Christine Chen
A Lifetime of Storytelling and Finding My Chinese Self Through Yoga By Christine Chen Each year I vow to relearn the Mandarin I spoke in my childhood,Read More
Hong Dai Chin
Chin Hong dai (aka chin lung) was 18 years old when he immigrated to the u.s. in 1881, one year before the Chinese exclusion actRead More
Gregory Kan
During the late 1970’s on the Upper West Side, the further you got away from Central Park the more it became like the Wild WildRead More
Shana H. Fung
Growing up in the Bay Area, I never experienced any internal or external conflict about being Chinese-American. I simply was. It was only after leavingRead More
Melissa Huang
I was born near Chicago in 1992. I'm half Chinese on my father's side, with a white English mother. All of my life I knewRead More
Brian Chui
Having grown up and had worked professionally in hong kong prior coming to the states, one hard lesson i had to learn in a hardRead More
Diane Wu Johnson
On St. Patrick's Day we were supposed to wear green in my first grade class. I was the only Chinese student. I wore red. TheRead More
Emperatriz Ung
My name is Emperatriz Ung. My Chinese name is 吴帝莲. I am half Colombian, half Chinese. I speak fluent Spanish. My Mandarin is mediocre atRead More
Mitchel Wu
My family immigrated to Queens, NYC in 1986. we were a part of the wave that came during the reaganomics era with the beliefs ofRead More
Damon Chin
My great-great grandfather, Quon loy Chin, immigrated from Taishan, Guangdong, China to the United States around 1911, at a time when the Chinese Exclusion ActRead More
Shirley Yu
I was born in Beijing in 1994. I came to Brooklyn, NY to live in America with my parents in 1998. We moved to Edison,Read More
Chihung Yang
Chihung Yang was born on October 25, 1947 in Taiwan. Between 1965 and 1968, he attended the National Taiwan College of Art. In 1979, heRead More
You-Xian Feng
Dr. Feng, You-xian was originally from Shanghai where he studied at the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University in 1964, there, he became Assistant ResidentRead More
David Poon
In 1968, my uncle David Poon swam from Mainland China to Hong Kong to escape the Cultural Revolution. At the time, the British government welcomedRead More
Christopher Teh
My most relevant story regarding the United States began when I was 12 years old in 2003. At the time, a lot of America bashingRead More
Wing On Lee
My Father, Wing On “Danny” LeeMy grandfather left his village in Taishan, Southern China before his son was born. He planned to make his fortuneRead More
Winifred Cheng
In 1937 while my mother was taking a part of the family on a trip in Peking, during summer vacation, the incident of Marco PoloRead More
Jackson Tan
Before immigrating to the US, my family immigrated to the Philippines from China in search of new opportunities. I was born in the Philippines andRead More
William Alexander Huang
When I first moved to Wisconsin, an adorable child with golden hair once approached me and asked if I was Chinese. I wondered how heRead More
George Chan
I was born in Trinidad & Tobago. My father was from China and my mother was black. I immigrated to the united States in theRead More
Sylvia King
Sylvia King immigrated to the United States with her husband and four children in 1963. Born in Shanghai to a large family, Sylvia left ChinaRead More
Zhi Hen Li
I was born and raised in the lower east side of Manhattan, where Chinatown is located. Ever since I was young I have been fascinatedRead More
Henry Huang
With his kindness and generosity, my grandfather has been the greatest inspiration to me. Of everything from the mundane decisions and the crucial decisions IRead More
Norman Sau-Lai Wong
After immigrating to the U.S. for college, my father quickly established a presence in the Asian-American community, first at the State University of New YorkRead More
Look Dark Wong
Wong Look Dark was born to Wong Hen Gan (father) and Chin Shee (mother) in 1864 at Los Angeles, California. He left for ChinaRead More
Ah Wah Loo
was born to Lao Loong Sing (father) and Toy Shee (mother) in 1873 at Los Angeles, California. He left for ChinaRead More
Han Ngip Wong
Wong Han Ngip was born to Wong Yan Kim (father) and Lim Shee (mother) in 1866 at Los Angeles, California. He leftRead More
Ah Fook Wong
Wong Ah Fook was born to Wong Han Chin (father) and Pong Shee (mother) in 1875 at Los Angeles, California. He leftRead More
Ying Ack Wong
Wong Ying Ack was born to Wong Shen Kit(father) and Lee Shee (mother) in 1864 at Los Angeles, California. He left for ChinaRead More
Chung Wen Soo
Case number 9567 Ninth District Court, San Francisco. Chung Wen Soo was born to Jeong Ah Yuen (father) and Wong Shee (mother) in 1874 atRead More
Fong Gwong You
Fong Gwong You was born to Fong Chung Hung (father) and Leung Shee (mother) in 1866 at 2 Mott Street, New York, NY. He leftRead More
Wah Deok Wong
Wong Wah Deok was born to Wong Dit Sai (father) in 1876 at Portland, Oregon. He left for China on January 7, 1882 onRead More
Teong Young
Young Teong was born to Young Quong Witt (father) and Jung Shee (mother) in 1867 at Portland, Oregon. He left for China on December 4,Read More
Gwong Loy Fong
Fong Gwong Loy was born to Fong Sing Leong (father) and Lum See (mother) in 1873 at Portland. He left for China on OctoberRead More
Gwing Sing Fong
Fong Gwing Sing was born to Fong Sing Leong (father) and Lum See (mother) in 1870 at Portand, Oregon. He left for China onRead More
Hee Kow Chun
Chun Hee Kow was born to Chun Jow (father) and Haw Shee (mother) in 1873 at Portland. He left for China on September 20,Read More
Ah Sin Dong
Dong Ah Sin was born to Dong Ying Share (father) and Lee Shee (mother) in 1879 at Portland. He left for China on NovemberRead More
Quan Dy Lee
Lee Quan Dy was born to Lee Hee Soon (father) and Wang Shee (mother) in 1866 at Portland, Oregon. He left for China on OctoberRead More
Ah Yen Jin
Jin Ah Yen was born to Jin Ah Lum (father) and Lee Shee (mother) in 1867 at Portland, Oregon. He left for ChinaRead More