Jasmine Cho
Cookie Artist | Inspiring Diverse Perspectives Through Pastry
About
Jasmine Cho is a Korean American artist and activist who uses cookies as a medium to celebrate diversity and challenge stereotypes. With a degree in Communication Studies, she founded Yummyholic, a bakery that creates intricate, hand-painted cookies depicting Asian American icons and narratives.
Cho's TEDx talks have inspired millions to rethink how food can be a powerful vehicle for storytelling and representation. Her keynotes empower audiences to embrace their unique identities and use creativity to create positive social change.
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How I use cookies to teach history
An uncomfortable brush with a loved one's mortality caused baker Jasmine Cho to have an epiphany -- that she needed to combine what made her happy with what she found important. In this inspiring personal talk, she describes how she repurposed her love for baking by using cookies as a storytelling canvas to highlight the stories of marginalized figures from American history.
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