Lauren
President
Background: Taiwanese American | Long Time Ann Arborite
Interests: Desserts | Photography | Tea | 3D Printing | Video Games
Fun fact: I have had boba pizza before; it was not as bad as you think it was. Boba dumplings, on the other hand, I would not recommend.
Sara C.
Secretary
Background: Third/fourth generation Chinese American from northern California. CA by birth, midwest by (mostly) choice.
Interests: Online communities, productivity culture and the modern workplace, being part of a behind-the-scenes team, hyphenated identities and cultural assimilation, eating food I don't have to cook.
Fun fact: I've worked at both U of M and the Ohio State University.
Kelly Chui
Treasurer
Background: Small business owner, grew up working in the family restaurant.
Interests: EATING, cooking, traveling for food, health and wellness, board games.
Fun fact: I have a horrible sense of direction and still get lost in Ann Arbor even after living here for several years!
Ian Yu
Vice-President of Volunteers
Background: Chinese-American from southern California. CA by birth, Midwest by choice. Owner of Friends Kitchen.
Interests: Cooking, fermentation, battery cell design, lifting, church, my son.
Fun fact: My weakness is baking.
Bennett (Marupo)
Executive Director
Background: U-Mich Class of 2015. Former weekly Farmer Market vendor Marupo Eats (AAFM + Eastern).
Interests: Anime, video games, traveling, consumer-first food ecosystems, cooking, and food community, accessibility, culture & history.
Fun fact: I grew up with 14 cats during my childhood.
Jessica
Graphic Designer
Background: U-M Alumna - Biologist - Food Enjoyer
Interests: Animals, coffee, watching history & science videos on YouTube, crafting, Final Fantasy XIV, learning choreography, Japanese fashion subcultures.
Fun fact: I've been learning K-pop & J-pop choreography as a hobby for 10 years!
Nikki
Social Media Manager
Background: Chinese-Taiwanese-Indonesian-Bruneian-American from Rochester, MI
Interests: Anime + k-ent, cooking and baking, travel, asian culture in general.
Fun fact: My family speaks chinglish at home so I know a little mandarin, and I minored in Korean so I know a little bit of that too.
Cameron McLaughlin
UI/UX Designer
Background: Life-long Ann Arbor resident and University of Michigan alum.
Interests: Cosplay (sewing + propmaking), vintage fashion, movies, anime, film and TV scores, cats.
Fun fact: I love learning about old ships and I'm pretty sure I know the deck plans of the Titanic better than the streets of my hometown.
Eli Urban
Web & Digital Manager
Background: UofM + UC Davis alum, originally from Spain.
Interests: Games, running, traveling, cooking (and eating of course), coding.
Fun fact: I have a fiery hatred against wind chimes. They serve no purpose other than making my life miserable when I'm trying to sleep.