Thalia Bloom is a senior at LaGuardia High School.  After the YAB workshop, she interned at MOCA's new location during the summer. She has learned a lot about the museum's place as a staple in New York City's history, as well as learning about her own Asian American identity as a verbose half-Chinese.

Eric Cheng is a freshman at New York Institute of Technology where he majors in Architecture.  He aspires to ameliorate his Chinatown neighborhood by providing strong architecture and urban design as well as spreading awareness of his community’s needs through his work in MOCA’s docent program.  Eric recently graduated from Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction in Manhattan.

Alison Cheu is a rising senior at Bard High School Early College. Besides enjoying long walks in the city, Alison is a prolific learner of history (when she wants). She is currently in a struggling relationship with sociology.

Katrina Lee is seventeen years old and has been working with MoCA since the summer of 2008. She will be attending The University of Maryland this fall and looks forward to becoming a Maryland Terp. She has lived near Chinatown her entire life and it is her most frequented childhood hangout. She is pursuing a career in business management, but she will continue to make movies in the future.

Angeline Lim is a tenth grader student in Singapore and was in New York for the last 9 months. She thinks that one should be able to make his/her own decision responsibly because he/she is going to live her own future. At MOCA, Angeline had a great experience working with every YAB member and learning about different stories than her own.

Thomas Weng currently attends Trinity School.  He wants to thank MoCA for letting him explore a little bit more the world his dad saw when he first arrived as a young man.  Congratulations to all the YAB members, and thank you all for the special Saturday mornings!

Iki Nakagawa (facilitator) is a filmmaker who lived in the lower east side for twenty years.  She makes and teaches film because it is her way of relating and getting to know the people.  She enjoyed listening to YAB’s stories, relating to their stories and questioning all of us why and how we tell such stories.   

Dylan Yeats (facilitator) is a doctoral student at NYU who has worked with MoCA in the past.  He thinks its healthy to wrestle with our personal and national histories, and that we need to do so together.  He finds it quite a thrill to encourage and assist youth in communicating the stories and ideas that matter to them.

Jessica Tan is a Drexel University freshman of business and engineering majors.  She enjoyed learning about Chinatown’s diverse culture and the long history of Chinese American.  she created a short film about her own immigration experience.