Mai-Anh Peterson (she/her)

Mai-Anh is a British Vietnamese South East Londoner-turned-Southside Edinburger, currently operating remotely out of Senegal, West Africa. She comes to besea.n with a passion for social justice and a desire to create a space for belonging, shared experience and celebration among East and South East Asian people in the UK; a space that was not available to so many of us growing up.

Mai-Anh works in AI and translation, and is a more-than-alright cook, avid bookworm, intersectional feminist, hip hop fan and a lover of languages. She can also name all the capitals of Africa in less than three minutes.

Amy Phung (she/her)

Amy is a British Born Chinese Londoner whose doodles can be described as Graphic Design, Illustration and Animation. She believes in broader and fair representation for marginalised folk and is excited to to make besea.n the flavoursome alternative to the bland dishes we have been previously served by mainstream media. She also wants to kick the British history curriculum into shape, shine a light on ESEA creatives and be able to finally fold the perfect dumpling.

Amy has previously lived in Japan and Switzerland and spends her downtime writing in the third person, watching trashy TV shows and playing the ukulele badly.

Charley Wong (she/her)

Charley was born in Manchester, England but her family largely reside in Brunei and China. She brings copywriting and PR knowledge to besea.n and is passionate about creating a space where all ESEA people feel valued and empowered - including mixed ethnicity people like herself! 

By day she works in marketing and communications with a focus on the transition to net zero carbon. Her claim to fame is that she was in a noodle advert shown in Hong Kong when she was younger. She speaks fluent Spanish and continues to develop her Mandarin.

Kai (she/her)

Kai is a French-born Chinese Londoner working in education. Her focuses are in racial equity in amongst children and young people. She regularly weaves Anti-Bias Anti-Racist approaches into her teaching. She is also a Racial Literacy Trainer. 

When she isn't teaching the younger generation or working on racial equity, Kai is most likely training with her dance teams, eating, listening to podcasts, and reading YA books. She has lived in France, Scotland and Northern California. She is trained in Tang Soo Do martial arts, and was head of Hufflepuff in her university’s Harry Potter Society.

Karlie Wu (she/her)

Karlie is a Hong Kong Hakka Chinese Glaswegian, who hopes to support and share stories of those (re)discovering their own heritage, and to create resources at besea.n that celebrate ESEA people’s experiences.

Karlie is an artist who creates from her personal history and from the shared British Chinese experience; and also works at a contemporary art gallery. When not taking down internet trolls and stopping racism against ESEA people, she enjoys historical dramas, boogieing to Disco, bringing back vintage Chinese fashion and, unsurprisingly, devouring mangoes.

Viv Yau (she/her)

Viv is a British Born Chinese Northerner based in Manchester (well, Warrington). Like everyone else in besea.n, Viv is passionate about making real change in anti-racism, social justice and campaigning for fair representation for ESEA folks.

Viv is the founder of an inclusive influencer marketing and talent agency, Bee Influence. After noticing the lack of British ESEA podcasts, Viv created ‘'But Where Are You From?’ podcast, with the aim of bringing an upbeat and relatable take on being British Chinese. The podcast has since evolved, bringing all the besea.n members in as hosts talking about ESEA experiences (and then some). In her spare time, Viv enjoys napping, eating dumplings and sausage bao her mum makes, reading questionable self-help books, trying to speak Cantonese, intersectional feminism and shamelessly trying to recreate TikTok dances.

Peiwen Tian (she/her)

Peiwen grew up in China and moved to the UK as a teenager. She is currently based in rural Cambridgeshire, having previously lived in the bustling cities of London and Sydney. She is passionate about tackling all forms of discrimination, and fighting for a fair and inclusive transition in our rapidly evolving world.
Peiwen works as a Consultant in the Energy and Sustainability space by day. She is a wannabe yogi and also attempting to learn the piano. Her favourite hobbies include travelling and daydreaming about where she will go next.

David Kam (he/him)

David is a cis-queer Hakka Chinese Malaysian Londoner and the resident yogi and hype boy amongst his incredible besea.n sisters, making sure there is space for joy and collective care in everything we do. 

He’s the founder of an ESEA fun(d)raising initiative kindredpacket and also a LGBTQ+ changemaker at WE CREATE SPACE, a global self empowerment platform for queer leaders.

By day, David helps others to #keepkam through movement and mindfulness at davidkamkiawei.com. If not constantly looking for his glasses, you may find him on adverts, teaching yoga across London, secretly enjoying intense bootcamps or falling asleep in any given situation.

King-Wey Hii-Ko (she/her)

King-Wey is a British born Chinese Malaysian Londoner who is passionate about fighting racial and gender based oppression, with a particular interest in how transformational justice can help us make the world a more empathetic place. Like her fellow besea.n-ers, she is committed to creating a safe and joyful environment, in which the ESEA community can thrive. Outside of community organising, King-Wey works as a florist and has her own business creating floral designs for events, shoots and installations. Her other activities include eating, cooking, sneaking in naps, (whilst) cuddling her dog Maggie, and pretending to be an extrovert when she’s really an introvert.