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Celebrating AAPI Heritage: UKG AsPIRE Members Share Their Cultural Journeys

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Celebrating AAPI Heritage: UKG AsPIRE Members Share Their Cultural Journeys eydie.pengelly Fri, 04/28/2023 - 11:46 Main Image Background Color Yellow Body May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, which are communities that encompass almost 50 ethnic groups in more than 40 different countries.

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Nevsah Fidan Karamehmet of Breath Hub: “Nobody is perfect”

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I graduated from an American High School and I was a very popular student in high school, being the captain of the volleyball team and the flag girl (which was a big thing at our school, I carried our national Flag in big events and represented our school in Turkey). The yin and yang, the white and black,the up and down makes it beautiful.

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Lana Elco: “Practicing self-compassion is central during this process”

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I was in a cross-cultural relationship and I wasn’t quite integrated into American society at the time. The most common mistake is seeing everything as “black and white” and allowing societal beliefs about marriage and divorce to affect our well-being. He or she might just see this if we tag them. What can be done to avoid that?

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“Another way is by shifting what we see and hear in the media.” with Lauren Marsicano and Candice Georgiadis

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Lauren has been recognized by the American Bar Association as a “Top 40 under 40 Lawyer in the Nation” and a “2019 Florida Super Lawyer, Rising Star.” She has also been a speaker for Business Networking International Miami, Miami Under 40, and the American Bar Association. He or she might see this, especially if we tag them.

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Rose Marie Beauchemin-Verzella: ?Why we need to be desensitized to disfigurements?

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Beauchemin-Verzella was a founding member of the American Association of Micropigmentation (AAM) and now is past president.). Husbands cry, sisters, cry, daughters, mothers, friends, and mostly our clients cry because they now appear familiar and feminine. I remember a brow client, a beautiful African American young girl.

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Cathleen Trigg-Jones of Catscape Productions: “Faith and fear can’t live in the same sentence”

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I think it’s uber important for every company, whether you’re a white-owned company or black-owned business, to have a diverse executive team. Speaking as the founder of a black-owned business, we all can do a better job to make sure there’s an equal playing field within our office. young, old, white, black, hispanic, asian?—?whatever

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“Envision your future”, Jackeline Velez of Xero and Parveen Panwar, Mr. Activated

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My parents didn’t push their Bolivian and Mexican culture on me because they wanted me to be American and not experience the discrimination they had endured. We are leaving the era of looking at things in black and white but to maintain an open mind, we need to share our perspectives and to innovate and try new things.