{"id":756,"date":"2010-05-26T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ta100people.wpengine.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2010-09-02T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T22:17:22","slug":"tsuann-kuo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/tsuann-kuo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsuann Kuo &#8211; Professor, Community Leader, and Advocate for Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA or Taichung, Taiwan<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>I often help community organizations to develop programs and train  volunteers to better serve older adults&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-758\" title=\"kuo.tsuann2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/kuo.tsuann2-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"kuo.tsuann2\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/kuo.tsuann2-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/kuo.tsuann2.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>Who are you? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a gerontologist who teaches and practices eldercare in both the U.S. and Taiwan. Being bilingual and bicultural allows me to help Taiwanese and Taiwanese American families in dealing with family care-giving issues and future long-term care planning.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>While receiving several honors such as serving as the national delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in 2005, I am most proud to have been selected as &#8220;Local Hero of the Year&#8221; in 2006 by Los Angeles area TV station KCET and &#8220;Our Role Model&#8221; by TV station LA18. Though these honors recognized my volunteer work, I feel it has been more important and beneficial to highlight the special contributions and heritage of the Taiwanese Americans for the LA area audience to see.<\/p>\n<p>As I look to the future, I envision myself serving as a bridge to promote cultural and research exchanges between Taiwan and USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I enjoy my life most when I volunteer in the community. I often help community organizations to develop programs and train volunteers to better serve older adults, and I see myself advocating for Taiwan by introducing unique cultural and arts programs at the international level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you proud to be of Taiwanese heritage?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I am a 1.5 generation who has the best of two worlds by having both American and Taiwanese influences. The Taiwanese influence allows me to work hard while the American influence gives me a global view.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the  future of Taiwanese America look like to you?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>A rainbow of talents and ethnic mixes with a strong Taiwanese pride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any  additional  information you would like to share? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>My favorite Taiwanese food is &#8220;ba-won&#8221;, sticky rice ball with meat inside.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-759\" title=\"kuo.tsuann3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/kuo.tsuann3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"kuo.tsuann3\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/kuo.tsuann3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/kuo.tsuann3.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA or Taichung, Taiwan Who are you? I am a gerontologist who teaches and practices eldercare in both the U.S. and Taiwan. Being bilingual and bicultural allows me to help Taiwanese and Taiwanese American families in dealing with family care-giving issues and future long-term care planning. While receiving several honors such as serving [&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-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756"}],"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=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}