{"id":626,"date":"2010-05-21T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ta100people.wpengine.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2010-05-27T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T11:00:08","slug":"joz-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/joz-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Joz Wang &#8211; Blogger and Co-Editor of 8Asians.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>I feel greatly indebted to my parents and grandparents for all the  sacrifices they made so that we could grow up in a land of opportunity  and freedom that did not exist in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-627\" title=\"wang.joz1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wang.joz1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wang.joz1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wang.joz1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wang.joz1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Who are you? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a long-time blogger who embraces social media as a way for people to find their voices &#8211;both online and offline.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the Co-Editors of <a href=\"http:\/\/8Asians.com\">8Asians<\/a>, we endeavor to bring Asian Americans voices together online while still highlighting the diversity and differences between us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>With a professional background in marketing, I am currently a Strategy Consultant at an interactive design and technology firm specializing in uniting technology, design and interactive experience into powerful, world-class business solutions. (Translation: We build cool websites which drive our clients&#8217; businesses!)<\/p>\n<p>I also love the arts and am honored to sit on the Board of Directors for East West Players, the nation&#8217;s premier Asian American theatre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you proud to be of Taiwanese heritage?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>My parents and grandparents are the greatest influences of my life.\u00a0 Their love and passion for Taiwan is instilled deeply within me, even though I was born and raised in America.\u00a0 As a 2nd generation Taiwanese American, I feel greatly indebted to my parents and grandparents for all the sacrifices they made so that we could grow up in a land of opportunity and freedom that did not exist in Taiwan.\u00a0 Their struggles to fight for democracy in Taiwan inspire me daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any  additional  information you would like to share? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I am currently researching and working on a book about my family&#8217;s work toward Taiwanese democracy during an era of tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, and I am also known as the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/business\/article\/0,8599,1954643,00.html\">Racist Camera<\/a>&#8221; girl.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-628\" title=\"wang.joz2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wang.joz2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wang.joz2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wang.joz2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wang.joz2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA Who are you? I am a long-time blogger who embraces social media as a way for people to find their voices &#8211;both online and offline. As one of the Co-Editors of 8Asians, we endeavor to bring Asian Americans voices together online while still highlighting the diversity and differences between us. What do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}