Philanthropist Helps Build CUNY'S Queens College First School of Art | Asian American Life

Host and correspondent Ernabel Demillo interviews CUNY's Queens College President Frank H. Wu, and the family of philanthropist Thomas Chen of Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment in Queens, New York. Their generous gift of $1.1 million will help build Queens College first school of the arts, supporting Asian American contemporary arts, exhibitions, student scholarships and a visiting art program.
Thomas Chen immigrated to the U.S.A from Taiwan in 1982 with very little money and a big dream. Eight years later, he established Crystal Windows and Door System, and built a multi-million dollar corporation supplying windows to Manhattan skyline buildings. Today he's a supporter of Asian culture and art with an emphasis on educational programs for immigrants.

First air date: Tuesday, May 3 - 8:00pm
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Ernabel Demillo is the host of Asian American Life, a monthly half hour series about the fastest-growing immigrant group in the country, focusing on Asian Americans in the tri-state area from over 40 countries who speak more than 150 different languages and dialects. Every month, an Asian enclave and neighborhood within the tristate area is featured. Cutting edge issues like racial profiling and stereotyping are examined and explored. Successful Asian Americans who are forging new identities in business, politics and the arts are also be profiled. Asian American Life is reaching new frontiers in the quest for understanding and acknowledgment among tri-state Asian Americans.

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