Giovanna Pang Garcia takes the prize for
Why Chinese Women Are Not Broke
Giovanna Pang Garcia accepting the Asian Heritage Award. July 10th 2010_Copyright 2010 Dominic Lee
Giovanna Pang Garcia has won the 7th annual Asian Heritage Award in arts and literature by popular vote. The award was presented on board the USS Midway on Saturday, July 10 in front of a crowd including Congresswomen Susan Davis and Judy Chu, Rear Admiral Ron MacLaren, representatives from Governor Schwarzenegger’s office, the governments of Thailand and Taiwan, Habitat for Humanity, and Ford Motor Company. Giovanna is the author of Why Chinese Women Are Not Broke: Real Life Stories and Proven Keys for Success, a book which explores the reasons for her own success as a bootstrap entrepreneur, as well as the successes of 100 trailblazing Chinese American women whom she interviewed for the purposes of her book. Giovanna attributes those successes to the application of Chinese core values in the waters of American freedom and ingenuity.
Award winning Author Giovanna Pang Garcia with Congresswoman Susan Davis
Congresswoman Judy Chu is one of the 100 trailblazing women interviewed by Giovanna in the book: Why Chinese Women Are Not Broke
Rear Admiral MacLaren, the 3rd highest rank officer in the U.S. Navy
The Asian Heritage Society, a nonprofit organization, collected nominations from the community for recognition. Other categories for the Asian Heritage Awards included business enterprise, cultural preservation, entrepreneurship, government, health and medicine, humanitarian outreach, innovation and technology, legal affairs, media, military and performing arts. The 72 nominees, including educators, doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists, corporate leaders, community activists, journalists, engineers, writers, philosophers, scientists, singers, playwrights and military service members, were selected by the community and their names placed on an email ballot that was uploaded to the websites www.asiamediainc.com and www.asianheritageawards.com. Last year, more than 46,000 votes were cast.
The USS Midway lent an appropriate stage for the presentation of the award because of its historical connection to Asia. The carrier began its service off the coast of Japan at the close of World War II and served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
2010 Asian Heritage Award, USS Midway