What happens when an immigrant story includes Wall Street spreadsheets, GQ features, and a side of chicken feet? 🧧👟🇭🇰

In this episode of Interviews with Immigrants, host Andrea Szew sits down with fashion creator and first-generation immigrant Leo Chan — who moved from Hong Kong to Queens at 10 years old, learned English through cartoons and basketball, and eventually traded a career in finance for full-time content creation.

They talk about the power of immigrant hustle, redefining Asian masculinity in Western media, and what it means to grow up as a “third culture kid” straddling two very different worlds. Plus… Andrea tries chicken feet for the first time. Ever. 🐓👀

🧧 Topics covered in this episode:
👟 From Hong Kong to NYC: What Leo’s family risked — and why they came at the last possible moment
📚 ESL, Game Boys & Culture Shock: The surprising things that made assimilation easier
🏙️ Finance to Fashion: How Leo left Morgan Stanley for GQ — and brought his heritage with him
📸 Asian Representation: Why Leo is challenging old stereotypes through fashion, media & creativity
🥟 Dim Sum & Identity: The family rituals that keep his roots strong
🐓 Andrea tries chicken feet for the first time — and what food can teach us about culture
💬 Advice for first-generation kids: What Leo wishes he knew sooner, and why his story is just beginning

Whether you're into fashion, culture, storytelling — or just want to see Andrea panic over a dumpling with claws — this episode is an honest and inspiring look at immigrant identity, reinvention, and pride.

Check out more about Leo on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/levitatestyle/?hl=en

🎧 Also available to listen everywhere, including:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19YtPoXvb47f1M9aGpA6FJ
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interviews-with-immigrants/id1792940158?uo=4
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/db753d20-2dff-4a26-87a6-7721e442d9ec

02:11 – Growing up in Hong Kong and why his parents took the leap
06:45 – ESL, Pokémon, and the power of cartoons in learning English
09:58 – When fashion became a survival tool
15:22 – From accounting classes to the GQ feature
21:40 – How Leo defines success as an Asian man in America
25:00 – Chicken feet: the moment of truth 😬
30:17 – Dim sum and father-son traditions
34:33 – Advice for immigrant creatives trying to break out of the 9-to-5
38:19 – What Leo still carries from Hong Kong — and why it matters

🍽️ Missed Episode 1?
Check out our hilarious and heartfelt interview with Brazilian-born comedian Jade Catta-Preta 🇧🇷🎤: https://youtu.be/m5rP4HL-FgA
🍽️ Missed Episode 2?
Check out our delicious and deeply personal conversation with Mexican-American chef and TV personality Aarón Sánchez 🇲🇽🔥 — as we talk heritage, hustle, and take a surprise tequila break.
https://youtu.be/iF2gwzmaQJ4

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