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Rohan Zhou-Lee
Rohan Zhou-Lee is an international award-winning Black Asian dancer, trumpeter, writer and public speaker, with publications, performances and presentations delivered in The United States, Canada, Switzerland and Japan. Based in New York City, they became the first mixed race Black Asian Open City Fellow at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in 2023. Other literary awards and fellowships include the 2024 PEN America U.S. Writers Aid Initiative Grant and The 2023 FIYAH Magazine Rest Grant. A contributor at Mixed Asian Media, bylines include Newsweek, Hyperallergic and more. Zhou-Lee founded The Blasian March, a Black-Asian-Blasian solidarity organization through arts and education. It received a certificate from Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Zhou-Lee has spoken on human rights at Harvard University, New York University, The University of Tokyo, the 2022 and 2025 Aktionstage enough Festivals in Zürich, Switzerland and more. Zhou-Lee is fluent in English and Spanish. (Photo: Josh Pacheco, Blasian March 2022 Los Angeles)