Special Episode: Celebrating Technology, Asian Heritage, and Our Communities

Brian Chan, Anna Chan, and Vikram Sreedhar are all Asian Americans working in various roles across Salesforce. Each of them grew up in different parts of the world and with varying interest in a career in tech. They discuss their journeys into a STEM career and ultimately how they ended up at Salesforce.

One of the consequences of the COVID-19 situation has been an increase in the amount of racism aimed at members of various Asian communities. Because of these, each of the speakers has felt an increased responsibility in helping members of their community and others around them. This takes the form of donation, volunteering, or even just educating people on why their behavior could be interpreted as being hostile. What drives them in this work is the goal of raising awareness for these problems and helping improve the diversity for future generations entering tech.

They conclude with some words of encouragement for people who want to start helping people in their community, whether they come from an Asian background or not. They also provide advice for those coming into tech on how to prepare themselves for success.

Links from this episode

• FIRST Robotic inspires young people to be STEM leaders innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build technology skills
• Phenomenal Woman brings awareness to social causes
• Salesforce has a variety of equality groups of which Asiapacforce is just one.

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