WAMU: Cookie Artist Teaches Edible Lessons In Asian-American History

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— August 31, 2019

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Jasmine] Cho is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in art therapy and has received a $10,000 “community champion” award from Citizens Bank to support her work providing baking therapy for the Center for Victims in Pittsburgh

Jasmine Cho knows the power of a good cookie. “Cookies,” she says, “can make anything more palatable.” Including conversations about race and social justice in America.

Jasmine Cho’s cookie portrait of Afong Moy, who is often cited as the first Chinese woman to step foot in the United States. Beginning in the 1830s, Moy was put on display before crowds as a curiosity.

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