Growing Up Asian In America
Growing Up Asian in America, a signature program of the Asian Pacific Fund, is one of the largest celebrations of Asian heritage in America. It serves as a community resource, helping people of all backgrounds better understand the experiences of young Asian Americans and learn more about life in a place as diverse as the San Francisco Bay Area.
Growing Up Asian in America provides a unique forum for youth to explore their ideas and to celebrate being both Asian and American.
Every year, around 1,000 Bay Area students in grades kindergarten through 12 submit artwork, essays, poems - and now video - on a specific theme, and compete for $20,000 in prizes. Finalists win $1,000 cash awards and other prizes, and are honored at an awards ceremony at the Asian Art Museum. Special exhibits displaying the winning art work and essays go on tour during Asian Pacific Heritage Month, and travel throughout the year to museums, city halls, and public libraries all over the Bay Area. Winning entries are also featured on our website.
Congratulations to all those who participated in Growing Up Asian in America 2013!
Growing Up Asian in America 2013 Winners
Video
Abigail Wong
Grade 11 - Daly City
K-5 Art
Abigail Cheng
Grade 2 - San Francisco
Ananya Goel
Grade 5 - Pleasanton
Gina Partridge
Grade 5 - San Jose
Honorable Mentions:
Rhona Huang
Grade 5 - Sunnyvale
Maya Pham
Grade 3 - Daly City
Emily Wang
Grade 3 - Palo Alto
Benjamin Tang
Grade 4 - Cupertino
6-8 Art
Yu Han Wang
Grade 6 - San Francisco
Quynh-Lam Tran
Grade 8 - Cupertino
Reema Minawala
Grade 8 - Fremont
Honorable Mentions:
William Lin
Grade 7 - Hillsborough
Robert Qiu
Grade 8 - San Jose
Julianna Cho
Grade 8 - Cupertino
9-12 Art
Agnes Bautista
Grade 9 - Vallejo
Doyeon Kim
Grade 11 - Pleasanton
Eunbin Cho
Grade 9 - Cupertino
Honorable Mentions:
Hannah Park
Grade 10 - Millbrae
Hyunjun Hong
Grade 10 - Pleasanton
Jonathan Lu
Grade 11 - Santa Rosa
Christine Kim
Grade 11 - San Jose
Miry Kim
Grade 11 - Pleasanton
K-5 Essay
Amelia Ny
Grade
5 - Fairfield
Emily Yang
Grade 5 - Fremont
Elisabeth Kam
Grade 5 - Burlingame
Honorable Mentions:
Stephen Gao
Grade 2 - Union City
Andrew Chu
Grade 3 - Palo Alto
Isita Talukdar
Grade 3 - San Jose
Noelle Villanueva
Grade 4 - San Jose
Anna Hamai
Grade 5 - Oakland
6-8 Essay
Nikhita Gopisetty
Grade 6 - Morgan Hill
Divya Prakash
Grade 6 - Fremont
Alexander Yang
Grade 8 - Los Altos
Honorable Mentions:
Miguel Carrion
Grade 7 - Millbrae
Ayize James
Grade 7 - Albany
Theodore Schrader Grade 8 - San Francisco
9-12 Essay
Jasjit Mundh
Grade 11 - San Jose
Joshua Ko
Grade 11- El Cerrito
Kavya Padmanabhan Grade 11 - Los Altos Hills
Honorable Mentions:
Alexandria Lee
Grade 9 – Millbrae
Amy Liu
Grade 10 – Alameda
Diane Chong
Grade 11 - Cupertino
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