Our Story
In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic rampaged throughout the world, we sought after ways to uplift communities experiencing effects of both the disease and racism. With a love for photography, videography, and design, we wanted to utilize our skills to share the stories of the people behind our beloved Boston Chinatown businesses.
Since then, our organization continues to use our creative abilities in documenting the neighborhood’s changes, joys, struggles, and more. We hope that our work will encourage our audience to expand both their knowledge and palates.
Our Mission
The Chinatown Project is a grassroots organization dedicated to documenting Boston Chinatown as it continues to evolve.
Our Goal
Preserve the culture, history, and people of Boston Chinatown through visual media and serve as an easily accessible digital archive.
Meet Our Team
President / Co-founder
Aubrey Tang
Aubrey is currently a PhD. student at Dartmouth College studying Materials Science and Engineering. Outside of the lab, she is dedicated to using her passion for photography and videography to capture truths and special moments. Her fondest childhood memories include weekend grocery trips to Boston Chinatown, bowls of Taiwan Cafe’s beef noodle soup, and playing 9man volleyball on hot summer days at Reggie Wong Park.
Billy Chen
Billy is a UX/UI designer at Klaviyo. 9/5 he problem solves by designing impactful, visual, web experiences through storytelling. He is passionate about sneaker culture, volleyball, photography, videography and graphic design. Billy’s earliest memories of Boston Chinatown was getting Dim-sum on the weekends and going from grocery store to the other as Asian groceries and dim-sum were not accessible in Rhode Island at the time.
Jina Moran
Jina is a creative from the Boston area with a focus on Visual Media. She is currently a Multimedia Video Producer at Northeastern, where she produces educational video content. Jina is passionate about creating media that has a lasting impact by uplifting diverse voices. She has loved getting to know Boston Chinatown and aims to continue sharing the stories of it’s people, history, and culture.
Kimberly Nguyễn
Kim is currently the Communications Coordinator at End Hunger Connecticut! Through her role, she is driven to combine visual media and the written word to uplift unheard voices and create more representation for minority communities…all through the power of social media. She is also a portrait and wedding photographer and videographer, drawing on her journalistic background to capture honest stories and moments.
