Gia Vang

journalist and news anchor

Cohost of Hmonglish podcast with Yia Vang

Coined the viral #VeryAsian hashtag in response to another anchor's story and cofounded the Very Asian Foundation

https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/people/kare-11s-gia-vang-is-veryasian-and-proud/

https://medium.com/aaja-defined/michelle-li-and-gia-vang-the-impact-of-veryasian-f7b8d1e8eb17

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/two-twin-cities-schools-to-receive-books-very-asian-foundation/89-dadadca8-9946-46d7-9c75-70d95b543d37


Leila Kelleher


Cultural appropriation https://www.seamwork.com/articles/drawing-the-line-between-cultural-appropriation-and-appreciation

Defending her PhD https://humber.ca/staff/announcement/school-hrt-professor-leila-kelleher-received-phd University of Western Ontario’s, School of Kinesiology.

Leila’s thesis was titled “The Functional Movement Screen is not a Valid Measure of Movement Competency” and focused on the validity of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) as a dynamic movement assessment tool.

Articles of Interest/Weight for It podcast episode https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/plus-sizes

https://www.guelphhumber.ca/news/how-career-music-led-phd-biomechanics

Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Social Justice and Parsons School of Design in New York City

Asian Sewist podcast episode with Leila https://asiansewistcollective.podbean.com/e/10-size-inclusivity-with-leila-kelleher-leila_sews/

Nourished Circle podcast episode https://nourishedcircle.podbean.com/e/episode-34-sewing-and-pattern-making-for-larger-bodieswith-leila-kelleher/

https://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2023/08/parsons-school-of-design-launches-size-inclusion-in-fashion-lab/

https://byhandlondon.com/blogs/by-hand-london/the-creators-collaborative-leila-kelleher-ph-d

Sewcialists interview https://thesewcialists.com/2020/04/13/the-sewcialists-interview-leila-of-muna-and-broad/


External links

Muna and Broad https://www.munaandbroad.com

Kelleher's site, Sewing for Everybody https://sewingforeverybody.com/about-us/