57. Diana Nguyen // Nguyen-ing It as an Asian Australian Creative Entrepreneur
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She's a creative. She's an entrepreneur. She's a creative entrepreneur!
We have had the absolute delight of bring on board Diana Nguyen, winner of the 2020 "40 Under 40: Most Influential Asian-Australians Awards". She's a female comedian who has a wide remit of skills under her belt, with acting, writing and directing to name a few. Catch her on LinkedIn has a video content producer and on stage as she tours Australia with her latest show 'Chasing Keanu Reeves' in 2022.
Putting aside her bubbly aura, we really deep dive into how Diana's Asian Australian experience has impacted her career and how family has affected her creative pursuits. The second half has us discussing the rollercoaster of a ride it took to get her Theatre and, now webseries, show called Phi and Me running and what it's like to be a LinkedIn famous influencer!
E P I S O D E O U T L I N E
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- Chasing Keanu Reeves?!
- Asian Australian Childhood trauma
- Family and acting
- Raising $200,000 for a web series?! Bringing Phi and Me to life
- Becoming LinkedIn famous with #DancingDiana
- Harsh realities of being an Asian Australian in the creative industry.
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T I M E S T A M P S
- 1:40 Intro to Diana
- 2:38 Discussion begins
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Find more about Diana below:
Get tickets to her latest National show, "Chasing Keanu Reeves" here!
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