A BACKSTORY LIVE PODCAST RECORDING FEATURING AUTHOR JEFF YANG (THE GOLDEN SCREEN) AND REPRESENTASIAN PROJECT’S MADELYN CHUNG  

Madelyn Chung
EIC and Founder of RepresentASIAN Project

Madelyn Chung is a multidisciplinary creative, speaker and registered psychotherapist with a focus on supporting the Asian North American community.

She is the founder of The RepresentASIAN Project, the leading Canadian media platform catering to the Asian North American diaspora, and The Blossom Mental Health Fund, a registered non-profit dedicated to supporting the mental health of Asian Canadians. Madelyn has previously worked at HuffPost Canada, FASHION and Netflix Editorial, where she was part of the core team that launched @netflixgolden, a social channel catered to the Asian diaspora.

In 2021, she was named one of Bay Street Bull’s Women of the Year and in 2023, she was listed among View the Vibe’s POWER 60: Inspiring Asian-Canadians of Influence. Through her writing, advocacy and therapy work, Madelyn is committed to empowering and uplifting the Asian North American community.

Jeff Yang
Author

Jeff Yang has been observing, exploring, and writing about the Asian American community for over thirty years. He launched one of the first Asian American national magazines, A. Magazine, in the late nineties and early 2000s, and now writes frequently for CNN, New York Times, and elsewhere.

He has authored three books—Jackie Chan’s New York Times bestselling memoir I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action; Once Upon a Time in China, a history of the cinemas of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Mainland; and Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture, and most recently coauthored the New York Times bestselling RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.