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Alicia Upano: Writer, Digital Media Specialist & Mixed Race Initiative Contributor

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We are excited to bring you a second interview in partnership with the Asian American Literary Review and its Mixed Race Initiative. Writer and Digital Media Specialist Alicia Upano is our guest. Alicia collaborated with Maya Soetoro-Ng to contribute writings to “Mixed Race: Is A Pandora’s Box” about their Hawaiian mixed experience. Join us as we explore the impact of growing up in the most diverse state in the union and how that informed her writings. We want to thank Maggie Yiin for joining us in interviewing Alicia. Maggie was a Guest Editor for the Mixed Race Initiative.

This episode is part of the Mixed Roots Stories podcast series, which shares the personal stories behind scholars, activists, artists and community leaders whose work addresses the mixed experience. In this conversation, Alicia Upano reflects on growing up in Hawaii and how that background shaped her writing and media work. Listen to the full audio above to hear the complete interview.