February II Issue: Female Gaze

Each issue we feature some of our readers to highlight the diversity and stories of Asian women and non-binary individuals around the world. Here are these issue’s Overachievers!

A lover of storytelling, an advocate for Mother Nature, and a modern-day renaissance girl - Keilani Elizabeth Rose, is an award-winning, classically trained actor and dancer, a model & spokesperson for companies including Walt Disney, Olay & Sportchek, and a popular radio & nightclub DJ. In film and television, she has recently been featured on the hit shows, Once Upon a Time, Lucifer, Six, A Series of Unfortunate Events & The Magicians. She joined the leading cast in her most recent feature film projects, The Sinners and Within The Silence which are set for world premiere in 2020. Keilani learned the craft of the turntables from the city’s OGs and is one of Vancouver’s newest female DJs. Holding residencies at many of the cities top spots.
After enduring a tumultuous childhood with a tremendous foundation of community support, she now works on a variety of collaborative projects focused on giving back - Among those, a partnership with the Downtown Eastside Women’s Center following being Crowned Miss Asia Vancouver. As the oldest of three remarkably close sisters, descendants of a rich multi-cultural heritage, Keilani is dedicated to challenging and influencing the world to promote sustainable community, inclusion, and equality through creativity.

Marian Koshiba (@marian.koshiba) is Brazilian woman with Japanese ascendency. She Graduated from Law School at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and after 3 years working in a law career she abandoned everything to be an entrepreneur in a travel startup. Marian also followed an artistic path in writing, singing and composing. Marian has as a Project called Asian Visibility, in which she interviews Asian individuals with different careers and backgrounds to break stereotypes and make other people's IG feeds more diverse and Asian represented.