Full Name Chan Yuen Website www.asian-fusion.com Other names Asian Fusion Girl Name Dina Yuen | Ethnicity Chinese Russian Role Author Years active 1999–present | |
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Occupation Entrepreneur, Author, Industrial Engineer, Singer, Musician, Chef Books Indonesian Cooking: Satays, Sambals and More : 81 Homestyle Recipes with the True Taste of Indonesia | ||
Indonesian Cooking with Asian Fusion Girl (Dina Yuen)
Dina Yuen is a Chinese Russian author and serial entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of the multi-media company, Asian Fusion. She is an Industrial Engineer and Classical Musician by education. She has worked with companies including Arcadia Chandra International, Dragon Music International and D & G Designs.
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Career
Yuen is widely known as a food and travel critic, a skincare expert and a speaker on travel, Asian and women's issues. In 2015 she was the Keynote Speaker at the Women In Travel Summit in Boston. Through Asian Fusion she has been a vocal supporter of brands and individuals including Ritz Carlton, Delsey, Taj Hotels, Chef Srijith Gopinath, Andrew Zimmern, Chef Vikas Khanna and Shiseido. She has interviewed leaders and celebrities like these chefs as well as Margaret Cho, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, violinist Sarah Chang, and Bollywood heartthrob Rahul Khanna.
Writing
Yuen is the author of the bestselling Indonesian Cooking, a cookbook with recipes both from her and those passed down from her mother and grandmother from their years residing in Indonesia. She is also the author of the non-fiction book Top Women Leaders of the 21st Century and the historical fiction novel The Shanghai Legacy.
Charity work
She has been a longtime supporter of orphaned and abused children in Asia, working with various organizations, particularly those focused on rescuing children forced into prostitution.
Yuen is a Board Member of Engineering and Real Estate company Arcadia Chandra International, Women's Travel startup Wanderful, and of non-profit organization SheHeroes. SheHeroes provides free online videos profiling women in jobs where women are underrepresented and where the target audience is 3rd-8th graders. Their goal is to show young people that women can succeed in any profession as long as they work hard. Each video comes with age-appropriate discussion questions to be discussed with a trusted adult (to foster a relationship with an adult which has been shown to be protective and beneficial for kids) e.g. teacher, parent, coach, uncle/aunt/grandma/grandpa, after school program, etc.
Personal life
When asked who her greatest influences are, she cites her father, Warren Buffett and the Dalai Lama. Yuen is rumored to have been linked with pop singer Jordan Knight, Japanese musician Yoshiki and engaged to the heir of the Cosanza Italian shipping family.