Gary Locke, near the end of his second term as Washington’s governor, stands with his family during his final State of the State address on Jan. 11, 2005. To this day, Locke is the only Chinese-American official that has served as governor of a U.S. state. (Photo by Elaine Thompson)

Christina Twu is an editor at The Seattle Globalist who has received regional recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists for her reporting on race and education. Off editing duty, she karaokes and studies the future of content strategy as a master's degree candidate for the University of Washington's Communications Leadership program (CommLead). She enjoys speaking Chinglish and supports revolutionary work, including that of Got Green, an environmental justice organization for which she now serves on the board.