What's up, rich friends? Welcome back to another episode of Net Worth and Chill with me,

your host Vivian2, aka your HBFF, and your favorite Wall Street girlie. It's May, and you know what

that means. APAM! Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, while I'm guessing most of

you know by now, but for any new besties tuning in, I am a proud Chinese American. I'm a daughter

of two immigrants who came to America looking for a better life, and I thought this week would be

the perfect time to chat about the immigrant dream. Frankly, I had a pretty run-of-the-mill

high-achieving model minority path up until relatively recently. I was a great student, I went to a

quote-unquote top-tier college, I got my fancy Wall Street job, but when I left Wall Street,

my parents and I got into a massive fight because they felt like I was throwing the dream away.

Until they found out I ended up making way more money. So today, we're going to talk about wealth

in the Asian community, unconventional career choices, and what it means to be Asian American,

there is nobody better to help guide us through this conversation than world-renowned journalist,

New York Times bestselling author, and in her own words, a die-hard feminist. Everyone, please

welcome Lisa Ling. Hi Vivian! Hi Lisa, thank you so so much for being on the podcast, and I told you

this before we even started recording, I am definitely a little star-struck, my heart's racing,

and I don't want to put this pressure on you, but I think you genuinely might have been the first

Asian American woman, but also just like Asian person period that I ever saw on what I considered

to be white TV. You know, not the stuff that my grandma was watching, but like regular,

regular TV, and that was really inspiring to me as like a little kid, and you know, speaking

of little kids, I'd love to know a little bit more about your childhood, like what early foundational

things led to you becoming the Lisa Ling. Well, first of all, I'm so happy to be on your podcast,

I am a fan of yours, and find all of your posts so important and insightful, and I really do

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