Austin filmmaker Lydia Isnanto on mission to normalize mental health
Good Day Together: Lydia Isnanto
May marks Mental Health Awareness Month. FOX 7 Austin s Leslie Rangel spoke to award-winning Austin filmmaker Lydia Isnanto who shares how running helped her deal with the pandemic, motherhood, and life as an Asian woman.
AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin filmmaker is on a mission to normalize mental health through her work, motherhood, and standing up against Asian hate.
Lydia Isnanto celebrated becoming an American citizen by running 13.1 miles at the Austin Marathon. Running means a lot to me especially during this pandemic, Isnanto says, getting ready for her daily 7-mile trek at Lady Bird Lake.
The Inadequacy of the Term “Asian American” Details
MEDIA WATCH-Sarath Suong has often felt like the term “Asian American” doesn’t really serve him.
“I was told that I am Asian American when we came here,” says Suong, a Cambodian refugee who immigrated to the US as a child. “But I faced a lot of colorism, a lot of classism, and not a lot of understanding about who Southeast Asians are and how we fit into the Asian American context.”
Suong and his family were among tens of thousands of refugees who fled during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, eventually settling in the Boston area. When he arrived in the US, he struggled to find where exactly he fit in a country where everyone from teachers to neighbors made him feel unwanted.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, left, distributes meals to Julie Gomez Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Houston. The mayor distributed Operation BBQ Relief s 9th million meal, since 2011, to Gomez. The City of Houston, in collaboration with CrowdSource Rescue, Operation BBQ Relief and the Salvation Army served hot meals to those still impacted by last week s Severe Winter Storm Uri. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) [ DAVID J. PHILLIP | AP ]
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Growing up around Chicago’s original Six Corners, in Portage Park, chef John Avila remembers feeling a sting of embarrassment upon opening his lunchbox at school on the Northwest Side. It’s an experience all-too familiar for many first-generation Americans. “Like every other kid growing up in a cultural family, kids at school make fun of you,” Avila says, recounting the lovingly-made meals his mother Betty packed for him.
Avila’s background is unique as an Indonesian-Filipino-American. He hasn’t forgotten about that frustration as he entered the service industry, working at respected restaurants like Gibsons Italia and the Duck Inn.
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