Conversations about money, culture, power, class - it's at the center of my identity. I think it's a combination of being born to immigrant parents, growing up relatively poor, and really living in a world where formal institutions, like banks and anywhere that you had to sign a contract, was really feared and avoided at all costs.

I'm extremely proud I'm an Asian female and I'm on television, because there aren't many of us.

The Hester Street Fair started off as a passion project. We imagined a space where friends and neighbors in the creative community could have a place to find an audience.

I did MTV so long because it's been really hard to find a place that has been able to keep my interests where I can do more than one beat.