Hannah Yang and mother Hyun Ji enjoy their last few hours together before Hyun goes back home to Cleveland, Ohio. Mother’s weekend comes to a close at Athens, Ohio leaving Hannah home sick and mother Hyun Ji missing her daughter. “It’s only three weeks left,” yelled Hannah as Hyun drives back home. 

Hannah Yang is a Korean American who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, who is going to Ohio University for Broadcast Journalism. Her first year at Ohio University was difficult for her to move away from home and live in a population with less than 1% of Asians. “People think I’m Chinese here,” she said over the phone with me, “I’m from Cleveland, Ohio.”

This is a start of several series of following Asian Americans going to Ohio University. I am uncovering the feelings away from home and battling with stereotypes and the challenge of balancing their Asian culture and their American culture at the same time. 

This is part 2 of District of Columbia trip with Ohio University Multimedia Society. At this moment I am sill gathering interviews from everyone on the team and should be available next week for viewing. We all took a lunch break before heading over to Nat Geo and met with Ryan, alumni Animator.  

We also got a chance to check out their new production room. This is all still in Nat Geo building. It was nice to see a production room with all the light stands and cameras. 

Our last stop is nclud, a creative web design department that has dogs! Everyone were loving the dogs in the space. We talked to several of the web team and saw their open space. "Bigger Space, Bigger Price," they said. Which a design space should be able to cultivate their ideas. 

For the Month of May I will compile some of the most influential Asian American people I know and love on the interwebs. 

HelloHannahCho is a personality commentator on youtube. She has is down-to-earth with a rad tattoos. She is funny and most of all talks the truth. Thank you for being you.