Grace Young
Channel: EMC Leeward CC
Date: 2024-02-22

Grace Young is an award-winning cookbook author, culinary historian, and filmmaker. She is the 2022 recipient of the Julia Child Foundation’s Julia Child Award , the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year Award and is a USA Today 2023 Women of the Year honoree for her work to save America’s Chinatowns amid anti-Asian hate during the pandemic. She was named to Forbes 50 over 50 list of impactful and influential women. Dubbed the “accidental voice for Chinatown” by Grub Street, Grace’s advocacy for Chinatown and AAPI mom and pop businesses has been profiled on CBS Mornings, All Things Considered,  USA Today,  PBS Newshour, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian and Vogue. She has been a fierce advocate for Chinatown, never more so than in her video series Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, produced in collaboration with videographer Dan Ahn and Poster House Museum. The series documents the toll of the pandemic on New York City’s Chinese community. Grace’s impressive and extensive bio www.graceyoung.com/about/