In the Spotlight: Recent Episodes
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With In the Spotlight, you get to meet people from all walks of life, whether Taiwanese or foreigners who are living in Taiwan. Every week, they will each begin by telling a story that has impacted their lives. See how Shirley Lin guides them in casual interviews as they talk about Taiwan through their perspectives. You'll also learn about their "firsts" and "favorites" on the island. Enjoy getting to know Taiwan's greatest assets - its people!
On In the Spotlight, Allen Chiang talks about who are the customers who buy his Projext brand of innovative and sustainable walking shoes.
Before Allen Chiang founded his own brand of comfortable walking shoes, he had already been working in the shoe industry for 20 years. Have a listen to Allen's life story before he began his own brand of shoes called Projext, on In the Spotlight.
Stephany Yang is a news anchor in the English department for FTV. Hear her story how she loves challenges and looks forward to new endeavors in her life, on In the Spotlight.
Stephany Yang is a reporter and news anchor at FTV or Formosa Television. Steph tells her story of how she went from being an urban studies major to finding interest in news reporting and TV, on In the Spotlight.
Chris Chau, founder of Colearna, talks more about the decentralized education platform that's designed for connecting Taiwanese kids to the world, on In the Spotlight.
Chris Chau is from Hong Kong and he's the founder of Colearna, a decentralized education platform designed for connecting Taiwanese kids to the world. Hear how Colearna came about, on In the Spotlight.
Harry Kuo is the Business Development Manager at the Ideal Venture Studio, which works closely with startup founders. Harry explains ESG using examples from his clients and talks about the direction that Ideal is going, on In the Spotlight.
Tune in to hear Harry Kuo, Business Development Manager of Ideal Venture Studio what the studio can do for startup founders, on In the Spotlight.
Angela Feng is the co-founder of ness Wellness, a wellness platform in Asia that focuses on eight disciplines. Angela talks about what Taiwan needs to do to globalize itself, on In the Spotlight.
Angela Feng is co-founder of ness Wellness. She talks about the many hats that she wears before dwelling into wellness, on In the Spotlight.
Elias Neuspiel of Austria and Pei Wu of Taiwan are both stone jewelry makers. Hear their story about the art of stone carving and their dream moving forward, on In the Spotlight.
On In the Spotlight this week, Shirley Lin talks with Pei Wu of Taiwan and Elias Neuspiel of Austria, who are both contemporary jewelry designers and makers using stones.
Tony Rinaudo, an agronomist from Australia, is the Principal Advisor for Natural Resources, Food Security, and Climate Change at World Vision. On this week's In the Spotlight, Tony talks about what Taiwan can do to revive its trees.
Tony Rinaudo is an agronomist from Australia. He is traveling the world to revive as many trees as possible by teaching his farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) tehnique. Tony tells his story of how it all started on In the Spotlight.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Chiu Chen-yu, the Architect in Principal and the Director of the Taiwan Reyhanli Center for World Citizens, talks about what people do at the community center.
Chiu Chen-yu is the architect in principal and director of the Taiwan Reyhanli Center for World Citizens. In this week's In the Spotlight, Chiu talks about how he got involved in the humanitarian project.
Daniel Hill is CEO and Co-founder of Aquivio, a company that specializes in high end water treatment devices. On In the Spotlight, you get to learn how to have personalized beverages that get you the quality water your body needs.
Daniel Hill is the CEO and Co-founder of Aquivio, a service offering healthier and personalized hydration using IOT smart beverage equipment. But before he started his water business, he was a bodybuilding world champion. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.
Liu Jiayu is the general manager of Crust Taiwan, a subsidiary of the Singaporean enterprise, Crust Group, which upcycles food waste into beverages like beer. Besides talking about her business, Jiayu talks about why she's always wanted to live in Taiwan and make it her second home, on In the Spotlight.
Liu Jiayu is the general manager of Crust Taiwan. Hear her story on In the Spotlight about the food tech company that upcycles food waste and loss into unique beverages.
On In the Spotlight, Shirley Lin interviews the health minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Clair Prince who was in Taipei to attend the 2022 Global Health and Welfare Forum.
Jack Wu is the founder of Worca, a one-stop global HR platform, for recruiting engineers and other specific talents in other fields, on In the Spotlight.
Hear Jack Wu talk about Worca, a one stop global human resources platform, on In the Spotlight.
Jonathan Ha is the CEO of Seneca ESG. On In the Spotlight, Jon talks about writing softwares for companies so that they can rate themselves on how well they're doing in sustainability.
Meet Jonathan Ha, the CEO of Seneca ESG, as he explains in detail what is ESG, which stands for Environment, Social and Governance, on In the Spotlight.
Listen to the story of Empress Hot Sauce from Jane Chen, who co-founded the brand with her husband, on In the Spotlight.
Meet Jane Chen, the co-founder of Empress Hot Sauce, a fermented hot sauce brand based in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Learn from Anita Liu, founder of Seed Energy, about ways you can save on energy like purchasing renewable energy instead, and whether beach cleaning is all that effective, on In the Spotlight.
Jill Su is a cat behavior consultant who recently published a book on how to raise your cat stress-free. On In the Spotlight, Jill talks about the most important thing to know when having a cat and ideas for her future books.
Jill Su is a certified cat behavior consultant. On In the Spotlight, Jill talks about how her curiosity in cat behaviors came about and a book she recently published on how to de-stress your cat.
Joe Henley is first a musician and then a freelance writer in Taiwan in the 17 years that he's been in the country. On In the Spotlight this week, Joe talks more about his recent book Migrante on the situation with migrant workers in Taiwan.
On In the Spotlight, Joe Henley, a freelance writer and musician in Taiwan, talks about the ongoing problems migrant workers in Taiwan are facing in his new book, Migrante.
This week's In the Spotlight features the very last episode of an interview with Anna Lee, a Hollywood food stylist from Taiwan. She talks about something she's doing that's meaningful and sustainable with the tons of food that's left over from movie sets. Anna also gives a piece of good advice to people who try to pursue their dreams.
On In the Spotlight, Anna Lee, a food stylist from Taiwan, talks about what it's like to be a private chef to Hollywood celebrities.
On In the Spotlight, Shirley Lin interviews Anna Lee, a food stylist from Taiwan and now based in Hollywood. After 10 years in Hollywood studying and working as a food stylist and also as a private chef to celebrities, she puts all her memorable stories in her very first book called Star Trash.
Craig Scott is from Melbourne, Australia and has been in Taiwan for 17 years. He is the CEO of Assaya, which is a company that produces machines to detect infectious diseases at scale. On this week's In the Spotlight, Craig talks about his prediction for yet another wave of the COVID pandemic caused by the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, and the things he loves about Taiwan.
Craig Scott is the CEO of Assaya, a producer of machines that detect infectious diseases at scale. On this week's In the Spotlight, Craig talks about the effectiveness of the machine in detecting COVID-19.
Diana Lee is an independent filmmaker focusing on documentaries on human rights and social justice issues. On In the Spotlight this week, Diana talks about her plan to make a documentary on Taiwan's politics and political parties.
Diana Lee is a documentary film producer currently based in Taiwan. On this week's In the Spotlight, Diana talks about why she is back in Taiwan after studying filmmaking in the US and why she chooses to make documentaries on human rights and social justice issues.
Doreen Wang is a storyteller, a community organizer and a podcaster. On this week's In the Spotlight, Doreen talks about her reaction when she learned of her mom's terminal cancer and how she wants to collect stories from people of different backgrounds.
Doreen Wang is a storyteller, a community organizer, and a podcaster. On In the Spotlight, Doreen talks about her background in poetry and storytelling, and her thoughts and feelings as a child of immigrants to America.
Pauline Yang is a classcial pianist and an arts envoy for the US Department of State. On this week's In the Spotlight, Pauline talks about her life in music and diplomacy, as well as her many mentors in both of those fields.
This week, Shirley Lin shines the spotlight on Pauline Yang, a classical pianist and an arts envoy for the US Department of State.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Chairman Wael Hamouie of the Arab Chamber of Commerce talks about his favorite aspects of Taiwan.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Chairman Wael Hamouie of the Arab Chamber of Commerce talks about the importance of educating Taiwanese people about Arab countries.
Phaedra Fang is one of the curators at the National Taiwan Museum. She is the organizer of the ongoing exhibit "Sustainable New Year's Dinner Tables: Dining in the Anthropocene". On this week's In the Spotlight, Phaedra talks about ways and dishes she would suggest to Taiwanese families to replace their current traditions for the Lunar New Year dinner so as to promote sustainability.
Phaedra Fang is one of the curators at the National Taiwan Museum in Taipei. On this week's In the Spotlight, she talks about the purpose behind the special exhibit "Sustainable New Year's Dinner Tables: Dining in the Anthropocene".
Jeffrey Kwan is the managing director the global adtech company Teads' Hong Kong office. This week on In the Spotlight, Jeffrey talks about becoming a member of the charity organization called Mind HK (Mind Hong Kong), which holds webinars on mental health.
On In the Spotlight, Shirley Lin speaks with Jeffrey Kwan, the managing director for the Hong Kong office of the global adtech company TEADS, on the seriousness of mental health.
Kassy Cho is the founder and editor-in-chief for Almost, the first media outlet on Instagram covering world news stories for young people. On this week's In the Spotlight, Kassy tells us that more young women out of all the young people in Taiwan are showing more concern for issues around the world.
On In the Spotlight this week, meet Kassy Cho, the founder and editor-in-chief of Almost, the first Instagram news media covering world news for young people.
Joan Lin is a physical therapist who cares for the elderly in Taiwan. In this week's In the Spotlight, Joan talks about how some of her elderly students wish that they had started their bucket lists when they were younger.
Joan Lin is a physical therapist who received her education in Sweden. She talks about how her patients in Taiwan wish they'd begun completing their bucket lists sooner, and the way the old people in Sweden learn independence at an early age, on this week's In the Spotlight.
Teresa Chiao is the founder of Opsis Capital, a real estate investment business. On this week's In the Spotlight, Teresa shares her insights into Taiwan's real estate scene and talks about helping startups by sharing her experiences.
Teresa Chiao, founder of Opsis Capital, is someone who wears many hats. In this week's episode of In the Spotlight, she talks about her expertise in real estate.
Darren Chua is not only the founder of Ideal Space, a work space that offers all kinds of services including legal service and accounting, but also has a genuine concern for renewable energy. Hear him talk on In the Spotlight.
Darren Chua is from Singapore. He came to Taiwan to help expand Curves, a women only fitness club, in Taiwan. As a result, he came to like the island country a lot and made it his second home. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.
David Chen founded Gaki Hip which was just launched recently. Find out what a Taiwan version of the Instagram Museum is like, on In the Spotlight.
If you've heard of the Instagram Museum, then you know what Gaki Hip is except that it's the Taiwan version. Hear David Chen, founder of Gaki Hip, talk about his innovative idea with a Taiwan touch, on In the Spotlight.
David Trott is the founder of Dapu Fishing Lures with which he designs colorful fishing lures using retired floats. But he also has another interest having to do with the relief on sewer covers. Have a listen to his excitement about reproducing that form of art on In the Spotlight.
David Trott is now founder of Dapu Fishing Lures Ltd. He came to Taiwan because of his daughter. Now retired, he's into pursuing his interests. Tune in to hear his fascinating life story, on In the Spotlight.
On In the Spotlight, Joyce Tsai, organizer of the National Palace Museum Overseas Youth Ambassadors' Camp, and three youth ambassadors, Ming, Kai and Joanna, talk about memes and creative ideas that the young participants in the program came up with for promoting the NPM to the younger generation.
On In the Spotlight, Joyce Tsai of the National Palace Museum brought Ming, Kai, and Joanna to talk about their experiences as Overseas Youth Ambassadors for the museum, while their studies were disrupted due to COVID.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Jyana Tata, a logistician at Compass Ocean Logistics, talks about her starting the Women in Logistics Club. That's because there are mostly men in logistics and too few women in the field that she sees a need for networking to get the few female logisticians together for support, care and fun.
Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear the story of Jyana Tata from Syria about how she got into logistics and enjoying it.
Michael Pinkerton is from Australia and he heads the engineering department of Swancor Renewable Energy, a Taiwan company. On this week's In the Spotlight, Shirley Lin learns more about offshore wind turbines from Michael and also what Michael likes about Taiwan enough to stay.
Michael Pinkerton is Australian and is head of the engineering department at Swancor Renewable Energy in Taiwan. Learn about renewable energy and wind turbines on In the Spotlight.
Ahmad Tata still holds the title of the no. 1 car racer in Taiwan and he's not even Taiwanese. Ahmad's family is from Syria but Ahmad was born and raised in Taiwan. In this week's episode of In the Spotlight, Ahmad talks about his one and only, for now, racing car.
Ahmad Tata of Syria is an influencer but he's mostly known as the top car racer in Taiwan. Have a listen to his story, how he pursues his current interest right after college, on In the Spotlight.
I-chiao or Joyce Hung is the founder of Journey by Chinese, an online Chinese language program. She's currently a visiting program scholar at Penn State University teaching Chinese. On In the Spotlight this week, Joyce talks about her love for her job as well as what she misses about Taiwan being away from home.
I-chiao Hung, also known as Joyce, is a Chinese language instructor for foreigners. On this week's In the Spotlight, Joyce talks about how she landed on her current job teaching Chinese in the United States.
Nir Plopsky is an Israeli living in Taiwan. He decides to pursue his interest in rapping after graduating from a university not far from RTI. Hear his story of making his first album with musicians from all over the world, on In the Spotlight.
Nir Plopsky is a rapper from Israel in Taiwan. Find out what he studied in university and how he self-taught himself music, on In the Spotlight.
Minnie Sun is a senior at the George Washington University in Washington DC, majoring in International Business but minoring in Anthropology. Hear her insights and visions about a news aggregator of Taiwan's news stories in English that she is a part of, on In the Spotlight.
Tune in to In the Spotlight to learn about Minnie Sun as a senior at George Washington University in the US, studying International Business and Anthropology.
Besides being a research intern at a platform promoting ethical consumption, Aurora Chang is also the co-founder of Taiwan Mixed, a news aggregator of all Taiwan news media in English. Hear her talk about this other job she has on In the Spotlight.
On In the Spotlight, Aurora Chang talks about her research project on ethical consumption with Taiwan's popular tea-based drink shops.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Fiona Chou, a research intern at the Snowball Community, talks more about her work doing research into the ethics at Taiwan's top 5 online shopping platforms.
What do you know about ethcial consumption? On this week's In the Spotlight, meet Fiona Chou, a research intern at the Snowball Community and hear how she researches on the ethics of Taiwan's online shopping sites.
Jim Sung,founder of Jim and Dad's Beer, talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his business and about the launch of a new dessert beer, on In the Spotlight.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Jim Sung of Jim and Dad's Beer talks about whether the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his business.
Ann Liao is an educator and a public speaker in food technology and sustainability. Today, she talks about whether she eats differently now with the COVID pandemic, on In the Spotlight. To learn more about Ann Liao and what she does, here are her links: Heyliao (Instagram) and Heyliao (YouTube).
Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear from Ann Liao who specializes in sustainability and green technology. She talks about the importance of educating corporations about food safety and food issues, among other things.
Neill Wan of LNY Pizzeria talks again on In the Spotlight, if anything is done differently at his restaurants because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Neill Wan of LNY Pizzeria in Taipei talks about how if at all, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his restaurant and what things he has to change to abide by government regulations.
Kleber Vallejo is from Ecuador and has been in Taiwan six years. On this week's In the Spotlight, Kleber goes in depth about his business on underground telecommunication.
Lin Shu-pei was originally thinking about becoming a baseball player and then a breakdancer. But when he was given an opportunity to do something meaningful, his life totally changed. Hear his interesting story on In the Spotlight.
Lin Shu-pei emigrated with his family to Canada, thinking that he was going to become a breakdancer. After that dream was smashed, he decided that maybe he can become a baseball player, only to realize that he does not have the height for it. Tune in to In the Spotlight to see how his life has changed since then.
On this week's In the Spotlight, you can learn from Colin Hodge of the Snowball Community how to support human rights through maybe changing your consumption habits.
Colin Hodge, founder of the Snowball Community, is definitely on to better things after a successful stint at a dating app. Hear his story and find out what the Snowball Community is, on In the Spotlight.
Whitney Crothers Dilley is a professor at Shih Hsin University in Taipei, teaching English Literature and Film. She became fascinated with Taiwanese American fim director Ang Lee's life that she wrote two books about him. On this week's In the Spotlight, Whitney tells more about the Oscar winning director to make you love him even more.
Whitney Crothers Dilley is a professor of English Literature and Film at Shih Hsin University. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear why she has such a fondness for the Taiwanese American movie director Ang Lee.
Doris Wong is a new Taipei resident from Hong Kong. She is a comparative literature major turned filmmaker. Today on In the Spotlight, she talks about the fun, laughter and tears in making her first movie, New Turn, in Taiwan.
Doris Wong is from Hong Kong and just moved to Taiwan last year. She decided to become a filmmaker when she realized that watching movies is what she loves the most. Hear her story about her upcoming first movie "New Turn" on In the Spotlight.
This week's In the Spotlight introduces the biennial Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2021 which will go on for ten days from April 30-May 9.
Alicia Chen was in Spain as an exchange student when she met a chef who works on a refugee boat. That encounter totally changed her life. On this week's In the Spotlight, Alicia talks about her experiences reporting on global issues that matter to her.
Alicia Chen became a freelance journalist by accident. She reports on serious topics like the issue of refugees. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear Alicia talk about how she got into her current job.
Claire Lee is currently the partnership manager for Hsinchu JKO Lioneers basketball team. She talks about her time in Shanghai, about the big culture differences she experienced there and her job as partnership manager on this week's In the Spotlight.
Claire Lee was a former colleague in the Chinese Service at RTI. She is now the partnership manager at Hsinchu JKO Lioneers. On In the Spotlight, Claire talks about her years in Canada, her summer internship at RTI before coming back to work full time, and her five years stint at TEDx.
Eileen Pai works for American Megatrend BIOS Co., but she's an environmentalist, a minimalist and a vegetarian. Today on In the Spotlight, Eileen talks about what triggered her to stay away from meat.
Eileen Pai is a project manager at American Megatrend BIOS Co. But today we hear from Eileen why she became all of the three titles in the headline, on In the Spotlight.
Jim Sung joined a beer competition after being back in Taiwan from the States, and that's how he decided to start his own beer business with his dad. Hear their story on In the Spotlight.
Learned so much from Jim Sung, founder of Jim and Dad's Beer, about beer! Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear a young man's real love for beer that after coming back from the US, all he wants to do is make his own beer.
James Hu is the founder and CEO of Jobscan. Jobscan is a company that can literally help everyone have the most impressive resume so that you get that job interview that you've always wanted. On this week's In the Spotlight, James talks about how he think it's important to learn coding for him.
James Hu is the founder of Jobscan, a platform for helping you find just the right key words to put in your resume so that you get the interview you want. Hear his interesting story of how he started Jobscan, on In the Spotlight. For more information on Jobscan, please visit www.jobscan.co
Sherry Lin, an international relations major, is a risk taker and loves to see the world. After last week's recount of her trip to the Arctic, this time on In the Spotlight, she talks about her trip to the Antarctica.
Sherry Lin, an international relations major, is definitely an adventurer and a risk taker. On In the Spotlight, hear her talk about jumping at the first chance to travel to the Arctic, despite the fact that she's afraid of the freezing cold.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Melody Hsu of ViaSweat just might give you tips about starting a business with your husband and talks about how she designed a wonder sports bra for all active women of today.
Melody Hsu went from thinking about starting a cupcake selling business to selling healthy lunchboxes before she decided on women's active wear. Hear her story on In the Spotlight this week.
Amanda Harvey is the founder of You and Me Taiwan, which is a platform for helping individuals and companies in Taiwan to have a global perspective. This week on In the Spotlight, Amanda explains what is mindset training and the creative ways she devised to conduct virtual group sessions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear Amanda Harvey's story of why she started You and Me Taiwan, and what it is all about.
David Ho is an architect/writer. He recently published a book (in Chinese) on the Z Generation, which indicates the generation born after the 90s, and their future office design mindset. This week on In the Spotlight, David appears on the show with his two daughters born after the 90s and their opinions of the Z Generation and each other.
David Ho is a husband, a father, an architecture designer and a writer. After a masters program in Edinburgh in architecture design, he settled in Beijing, China with his family for some time and created some amazing office spaces that got rave reviews in the media as well as receiving awards for his masterpieces. Today back in Taiwan, he has published a book on Generation Z and future office design concepts. David spent close to ten years researching and four years writing the book, to understand the mindset of the young people nowadays and to create the very kind of office space for their innovative minds. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear David's story.
Marilisa Pia was backpacking in Asia when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Find out how she's stuck in Taiwan for a good reason, on In the Spotlight.
Marilisa Pia was backpacking in Asia when the coronavirus hit. She's been in Taiwan since. She loves to tell her story, so an invitation was extended to her to appear on In the Spotlight.
Hear Shannon Tseng, an engineer turned yoga instructor, talk about how she helps women in her yoga classes with their insecurity and self image, on In the Spotlight.
Hear Shannon Tseng's story how her boss in New Zealand encouraged her to take a year off to bond more with her family in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Edgar Chiu is the founder of SparkLabs, a strategically designed accelerator program for helping startups become world-class businesses. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear how Edgar divides his startup founders into three specific types, and also how his high school teacher inspired his students to speak English without going abroad.
Find out from Edgar Chiu what SparkLabs is all about and why startups will benefit from the company, on In the Spotlight.
Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh are creators of the comic series, Dim Sum Warriors. They talk about how their daughter contributed to the idea of using food as the theme in the comics and how the series is actually educational, on In the Spotlight.
Colin Goh and Yen Yen Woo are creators of the popular Singaporean comic series, Dim Sum Warriors. Join them on In the Spotlight as they embark on their journey in Taiwan to change the way education is made fun through their comic series and reading app.
Joy Chen is an equestrian turned surfing promoter. Hear her story on In the Spotlight of how she starts a non-profit organization and prepares training programs for her four promising surfer students.
Meet Joy Chen, a former equestrian and now a professional surfer. Hear her story about coming from a highly sportive family, on In the Spotlight.
Malabika Das is in Taiwan because of her husband's job. Besides having several other titles and teaching at the top National Taiwan University, she is also a yoga and mindfulness instructor. Today on In the Spotlight, she talks about her love for Taiwan.
On In the Spotlight, Malabika Das talks about her work as integrative social worker, trauma and wellness specialist, and assistant professor in social work and general education at the National Taiwan University.
Nancy Hsieh is the GM of Art Zoo World, a Singapore-based company that aims to promote creativity in children through art and play. With a graphic design background, Nancy also talks about how upcoming young Taiwanese designers need help any way they can to get their works recognized in the world, on this week's In the Spotlight.
Nancy Hsieh is GM of Arts Zoo World, a project that strives to bring art closer to children, through examples like art installations that they can touch and giant outdoor inflatable slides. Hear her out on In the Spotlight.
Novia Hoo and Melinda Wang are co-founders of Nomel Skincare. They talk about the obstacles they had to face when they decided to start a business, on In the Spotlight.
Novia Hoo and Melinda Wang are two great friends who discovered they have many things in common. So they thought why not start a business together. On this week's In the Spotlight, Novia and Melinda talk about how they came up with Nomel Skincare.
Jan Chen is a creative director for films and projects in Los Angeles. She and her husband create documentaries to raise awareness. On this week's In the Spotlight, she marvels at the many great ways that Taiwanese people are doing for the environment.
Jan Chen is a creative director for films and projects in Los Angeles. She and her husband were visiting Taiwan before they became stuck here due to the COVID-19 pandemic for several months. On this week's In the Spotlight, Jan talks about her love for and protection of animals.
David Ting is the founder of the English cram school SK2 TOEFL in Taipei. In this week's In the Spotlight, he talks about a very different way of running a cram school business in which he lifts up other teachers to research themselves and care for their students and parents.
On this week's In the Spotlight, David Ting of SK2 TOEFL cram school in Taipei gives good advice on how Taiwanese people can improve their English and increase their confidence.
Darren Yeh is the director of operations at Omplexity Consulting. He's also an independent art curator. Hear him on In the Spotlight as he has a different answer from most when it comes to whether he has a plan for the future.
Darren Yeh is the Director of Operations at Omplexity Consulting firm and an independent art curator. After studying in the military school, after having visited West Point and the White House, and learning how to speak three foreign languages, Darren decides to run a program training future leaders. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.
Jamie Huang is a designer who has spent more than 11 years in the UK before coming back to Taiwan recently. Hear her on In the Spotlight as she talks about it being a rare opportunity to design the uniforms for the staff at the National Taichung Theater and how the design field in Taiwan can do better.
Jamie Huang, a designer for women's and men's wear, had studied art in Taiwan and the UK. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear how she turned from studying oil painting and sculpture to becoming a designer.
Charles Du, a former NASA engineer, is currently on a mission to grow. On this week's In the Spotlight though, learn about eye yoga from Charles.
Charles Du is from Beijing. Hear his story of how he went from being a NASA engineer to becoming a yoga teacher, on In the Spotlight.
Ann Liao is a social entrepreneur who runs an education and design group focused on green technology and innovation. She has many dreams and a long bucket list of things she wants to accomplish to overcome her fears. She takes 30 minutes out of each day to just let her mind go blank to achieve a peace of mind. Must tune in to hear her story, on In the Spotlight.
Ann Liao is a social entrepreneur and she runs an education and design group focused on green technology and innovation. Learn from this week's In the Spotlight why empathy plays a large part on almost all forms of design.
Ryan Terribilini has been spending his career in combining technology and policy. In 2018, he thought Taiwan is a potential place for developing the blockchain industry and so he relocated to Taiwan. Hear his story, on In the Spotlight.
This week's guest for In the Spotlight is Ryan Terribilini from Silicon Valley, CA. He's an entrepreneur in Taiwan previously worked for Google and Ripple.
In this week's In the Spotlight, Viktor Berglind, an investment banker turned sustainability advisor, talks about what he has observed about Taiwan's startup scene.
On In the Spotlight this week, Viktor Berglind talks about why he turned from a successful investment banker to an advisor focused on sustainability issues.
Candace Chen will always be an entrepreneur...it's in her blood! After pink matter, she's on to pet care, on In the Spotlight.
Candace Chen had a business that did very well in the States: selling dragonfruit juice. She called it Pink Matter Juice Bar. After deciding to come back to Taiwan, she sold off that business. Find out today what Candace is doing in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Emily Wu is founder of Ghost Island Media, a podcasting company. In this episode, she talks about the company itself and where she wants to go from there, on In the Spotlight.
Hear Emily Wu, founder of Ghost Island Media, why she wants to start podcasts in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Elisa Chiu founded Anchor Taiwan, which encourages entrepreneurial residency program in Taiwan. Hear Elisa's story about why she is doing what she is doing today, on In the Spotlight.
Elisa Chiu is the founder and CEO of Anchor Taiwan. She talks about how an economics major is more than economics because it's also about psychology, on In the Spotlight.
Chu Ping is the founder of Canmeng International, which has the brand Aveda of beauty products and spa under its umbrella. In this week's episode of In the Spotlight, Ping talks about the success of having the English-speaking environment Red Room and what he's doing to help foreign talents stay in Taiwan with Forward Taiwan.
Chu Ping is the founder of the beauty products and spa brand of Aveda Taiwan. But he's a lot more than that now. Join his explanation about what's a daymaker on In the Spotlight.
David Chang is co-founder and CEO of Crossroads. He talks about what his company is doing to help Taiwan in its path to globalization such as setting up a bilingual environment, on In the Spotlight.
David Chang is the co-founder and CEO of Crossroads, which is a company that provides consulting services to help Taiwanese and foreign businesses across industries. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear how Crossroads goes about helping foreign entrepreneurs.
If you ever wanted to know what Toastmasters is and how things work once you join, then tune in to this week's In the Spotlight to hear from Matthew Mak, the district director of Toastmasters in Taiwan.
Matthew Mak is the District Director of Toastmasters in Taiwan. Hear in detail how Matthew overcame stage fright on In the Spotlight.
Mario Subeldia of the Philippines only has tremendous gratitude towards Taiwan for letting him pursue his artistic interest in the country as a migrant worker. Hear how the Taoyuan government is supporting him in helping foreign workers like him in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Mario Subeldia is from the Philippines and has been in Taiwan for nine years. Hear him talk about his love for sand art and fashion, as well as founding A FACE, on In the Spotlight.
Olivia Lin is a cognitive psychologist and the co-founder of Studio1Labs, a startup on developing intelligent bedsheets. She talks about the unfortunate facts why the world doesn't know that Taiwan is a great technology hub, on In the Spotlight.
Olivia Lin is co-founder of a startup that specializes in smart bedsheets that can monitor patients' vital signs. Be fascinated by the advancement of technology and our human mind from listening to her story, on In the Spotlight.
Diana Watson talks about her new book "The Speaking Seed" and why she fell in love with Taiwan to have lived here for 14 years, on In the Spotlight.
Diana Watson is the first foreigner in the world as a native Mandarin speaker to win in a Mandarin speech contest. A video of her doing the speech went viral. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear her amazing story.
Jorie Wu is a certified facilitator, a member of Toastmasters and the director of the CP Yen Foundation. On this week's In the Spotlight, she talks about the importance of becoming a certified UN SDG board game facilitator and shares cases that she has worked as a facilitator.
Jorie Wu is the Director of CP Yen Foundation, a long time member of Toastmasters and a facilitator, but before all that, she graduated with a major in speech pathology. Hear her story on In the Spotlight.
Peter Dernbach is a partner at Winkler Partners law firm in Taiwan. Not only is it a law firm, but the company is very aware of environmental issues and is setting a good example for other companies to follow. Hear what other things the firm is doing besides handling legal cases, on In the Spotlight.
Listen to In the Spotlight to Peter Dernbach, a partner at Winkler Partners, talk about being a lawyer on intellectual property, trademarks and copyrights in Taiwan.
Larry Philbrook is the Executive Director of the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Taiwan. This week on In the Spotlight, Larry talks about his job as a facilitator, what the Taiwanese people are like, and what he is doing to help make their voices be heard.
Larry Philbrook, Director of the Institute of Cultural Affairs, talks about what ICA is all about and why he's in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
John Murn, founder of All Hands Taiwan, is offering help to foreigners who are trying to find jobs in Taiwan. Hear him talk about the great turnouts at his events, on In the Spotlight.
John Murn has been around many different countries before he decides on settling in Taiwan. On this week's In the Spotlight, hear his story up to before he founded All Hands Taiwan, which is a platform for helping foreigners find jobs easier in Taiwan.
This week, Daniel Vickery, Head of Engineering for Energy Systems at Gogoro, talks about the great things that he has observed about Taiwan including an awesome environment for entrepreneurs, on In the Spotlight.
Daniel Vickery is Head of Engineering for Energy Systems at Gogoro, which is a top Taiwanese brand of electric scooters. He talks about his reason for being in Taiwan and his views about environmental conscience among Taiwanese people, on In the Spotlight.
Sona Eyambe is a co-founder of parkour schools in Taiwan. But being an artist himself, it would have been hard starting the business if it weren't for his partner in the project. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.
Sona Eyambe is a parkour athlete, an artist and a businessman. After 12 years in Taiwan, he has established four parkour schools with a fifth on the way. How he got into parkour was all by accident. To hear his story, tune in to In the Spotlight.
Hugo Chung is a filmmaker and writer in Taiwan. Along with his sister, they run an independent filmmaking/film distribution company called Spotlight Entertainment Inc. Hugo believes that Taiwan has great potential culturally and artistically, and he hopes to bring more great foreign movies to Taiwan. Hear him out on In the Spotlight.
Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear about filmmaker/writer Hugo Chung's love for the English language, New York, politics, and poetry.
Anna and Matt Kiefer are from Barcelona, Spain. They are the founder of Hostelgeeks.com, a platform for rating five-star hostels around the world. They were in Taiwan for five weeks to rate its hostels. On this week's In the Spotlight, Anna and Matt talk about things they look for in a good five-star hostel.
Anna and Matt Kiefer are from Barcelona, Spain. They're the founders of Hostelgeeks.com to rate 5-star hostels around the world. Find out how they decided to come to Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Anna and Matt Kiefer are from Barcelona, Spain. They're the founders of Hostelgeeks.com to rate 5-star hostels around the world. Find out how they decided to come to Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Alan McIvor is a professional recuiter by day but a musician by night. He is from Edinburgh and has been in Taiwan almost ten years. Find out what he knows about the political parties in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
Alan McIvor came to Taiwan during a time when his home country Edinburgh was going through an economic crisis. After a brief English teaching in Taiwan, he landed in a headhunter position in Shanghai and has been enjoying it since then but only now in Taipei. Hear his story on In the Spotlight.
Again, Nate Maynard, a research associate at the Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research, talks about the great things that Taiwan and its people are doing to save the environment, on In the Spotlight.
Nate Maynard is a research associate at the Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research. Despite growing global environmental issues, Nate has a lot to say about how great Taiwan is in environmental awareness, on In the Spotlight.
Andrew Chau is the son of famous Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer Wakin Chau. But Andrew's not into singing. He's into acting. This week, he talks about stage plays vs films on In the Spotlight.
Andrew Chau is the son of Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer/songwriter Wakin Chau. Andrew chose not to sing but instead he's into acting. Hear him tell his story, on In the Spotlight.
Johnny Chiu is the founder of JC Architecture. He talks about the many disciplines that are needed in modern architecture, as well as going into details about his master works such as the National Taipei University Library and Happier Cafe, on In the Spotlight.
Johnny Chiu founded JC Architecture and set up his office in a residential section of Taipei. He elaborated on his life from the question "why architecture?" on In the Spotlight. The interview was filmed in his office.
Leslie Liu, even though she has a full time job, loves being a food blogger. Her blog is Taipei Foodie. Check it out here, on In the Spotlight.
Lslie Liu is the founder of Taipei Foodie, a project about food and restaurants. But this week on In the Spotlight, she talks about everything before Taipei Foodie.
Olivia Park is a female health and performance coach from New Zealand. In this week's In the Spotlight, Olivia talks about how she helps women overcome problems about their health, diet, fitness and mindset.
Olivia Park is from New Zealand and is a female health and performance coach. In this episode of In the Spotlight, she talks about how she came to Taiwan with her husband who just wanted to find a place to study intensive Chinese and has now landed on a job at Financial Times.
Tom Chen is an independent filmmaker but he also runs a private kitchen with ten Taiwanese friends he met in New York. Hear Tom tell his story of pasta, cocktails and movies on In the Spotlight.
Tom Chen is an independent filmmaker but he has one fascinating life story to tell. He went from doing poorly in Taiwanese school to begging to be sent to the States for better schooling but only to be kicked out? Make sure you tune in this week to In the Spotlight.
Crystal Liu, an artist activist/event facilitator, talks about her first time organizing the Women's March in Taiwan and everything about it and her beliefs on women's rights, gender equality, etc., on In the Spotlight.
Crystal Liu experienced many different educational systems in Taiwan, China and the US. She loves expressing in art and is now an artist activist and an event facilitator. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear how she had misconceptions about feminism and how she didn't know what to do coming back to Taiwan until the idea of a Women's March came along.
Holly Harrington is a startup consultant and has been in Taiwan for 13 years. She has worked with Taiwanese kids to build up their confidence and to excel at debates, among other things. She tells her ongoing Taiwan story on In the Spotlight.
Holly Harrington didn't learn Chinese the usual way -- she did not take any classes. She loves going to KTVs and Taiwanese live concerts and there are reasons why. Hear her Taiwanese story, on In the Spotlight.
Mai Bach is Vietnamese-American and has been in Taiwan for 10 years with her husband. Mai has a great story to tell about why she started a vegan plant-based restaurant in Taiwan, on In the Spotlight.
This week on In the Spotlight, meet Mai Bach who is Vietnamese American and grew up in Southern California. She talks about how she took a 6-month backpacking trip with her husband and traveled to Southeast Asia and almost all of China, before deciding to settle in Shanghai prior to Taiwan. She also talks about her siblings, one of whom was born on a boat!
Laticia Fan is a freelancing photographer/videographer. Hear her story about how she got a great job in China but then chose to come back to Taiwan to pursue her dream. She also has some great perspectives about life to share with everyone, on In the Spotlight.
Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear Laticia Fan talk about her love for photography and why she double-majored in psychology and sociology in college.
Kevin Kobe Lee, a video director/writer based in Taiwan, talks about what he and his partner want people to get out of the animation shorts that they produce at their ESL Studios, on In the Spotlight.
Kevin Kobe Lee, a video director/writer, started off studying industrial engineering but realized that wasn't what he wanted. Find out on In the Spotlight what major he switched to in university.
Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear Ben Schwall of Systems Technology Group talk about the reasons why he thinks it's best for his family to be in Taiwan while he works in China most of the time.
Ben Schwall is from the New York state and has been in Taiwan for 27 years. Tune in to In the Spotlight this week to hear about his fascinating life story and why he's here in Taiwan.
Mayumi Hu is an artist, hotelier and an advocate of social services especially in animal welfare. This week, she talks about the things that she loves about Taiwan and how she's helping with the strays, on In the Spotlight.
Mayumi Hu is Japanese American, and an artist and hotelier who is now focused on social services especially in animal welfare. Find out on In the Spotlight where she has been and what she was up to before arriving in Taiwan.
Shirley Lin finds out why Jay Fang, founder of Green Consumers' Foundation, is so committed to environmental issues and social responsibility, on In the Spotlight.
Jay Fang is founder of the Green Consumers' Foundation but in this first episode, he talks about the misconception of power shortage, on In the Spotlight.
Jane W. Wang expands on the talk about third culture kids or TCK and what she's doing to help other TCKs find their bearings, on In the Spotlight.
Before Jane W. Wang expands on her views about third culture kids, she talks about her life being raised in Taiwan and around the US, on In the Spotlight.
Judy Tam talks about the success of BuckyDrop, the most powerful e-commerce dropshipping solution and how Taiwan should transform from traditional retail to the more efficient e-commerce or dropshipping, on In the Spotlight.
On this week's In the Spotlight, Judy Tam talks about her life before she became Business Development Director of Buckydrop, an e-commerce dropshipping company in HK.
Joyce Tsai emphasized the importance of letting the world know Taiwan and for Taiwan's young talents to be recognized in the world, on In the Spotlight.
Hear Joyce Tsai's story about how she fell in love with Chinese art history, on In the Spotlight.
Tune in to learn what Fab Lab is and about a 12-year old boy Ted Hung had impacted from his makers' association, on In the Spotlight.
Ted Hung talks about how he went from hydraulic and ocean engineering major to architecture in the States but came back to Taiwan not knowing what he wanted to do. Hear the first part of his life story on In the Spotlight.
Kevin Wu is founder of Wonmi Restaurant in Taipei that specializes in pork dishes. He talks about how having a celebrity brother who designed inaugural dresses for former US first lady Michelle Obama has helped him understand the importance of branding, on In the Spotlight.