Inclusion is Innovation: Asian Community

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Cracking the code

When Zuzu began her career as a software engineer, she often battled Imposter Syndrome. Then, she decided to fight the status quo. Discover her story of ingenuity and empowerment, illustrated by Cha Pornea.

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At Microsoft, we believe different perspectives lead to a brighter future. Discover stories of innovation and inspiration from Asian Microsoft employees and community artists.

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Bringing my collective self to problem solving

Cambodian-born American immigrant Sopheak Neak is on a journey to realize his own identity and in doing so, creating safe spaces and resources for his community—inside and outside of Microsoft.

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All the lives that have shaped me

First-generation Filipino American Director of Product Marketing Mia Reyes has found a role where her nontraditional career path is not just accepted but celebrated.

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From covering my identity to embracing it

Raised by Vietnamese refugees and in nondiverse communities, Director of Customer Success Ngoc Dinh now helps provide a safe, welcoming space for AAPI self-identified colleagues.

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What leaders look like

Shrivaths Iyengar worried that coworkers would be reluctant to follow a leader who had disabilities. Instead, he discovered that his experiences made him a stronger, more empathetic manager. Illustrated by Ananya Rao-Middleton.

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New world views

Diagnosed with a visual disability in her teens, Senior Product Manager Nidhi Jain advocates for assistive technologies in the workplace designed to meet people where they are.

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Showing up and taking action

Microsoft Security Senior Product Manager and entrepreneur Lisa Huang-North pulls from her multicultural upbringing to foster community for people who identify as Asian American and Pacific Islander.

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Master of messiness

As a mom and a tech leader, Elaine Chang has learned to embrace the chaos and put her “octopus mind” to work in service of innovation, at work and at home. Illustrated by Niege Borges.

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Finding belonging through allyship

As a parent of adopted children and a member of multiple communities, Senior Product Marketing Manager Tyler Mays-Childers says he’s able to find deeper connections through allyship.

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Lessons on fatherhood and resilience from my Sikh upbringing

Senior Customer Engineer Davinder Pal Singh channels the teachings from his faith and family life into meaningful representation of Sikhism in tech.

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Lessons from childhood on embracing change

For Project Manager Amulya Gupta, growing up in an army family shaped her approach to creating more opportunities for women in tech.

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Building something better

Ilyas Fakir Mohamed is a Bangalore-based program manager who is passionate about building a better, more diverse developer community. Discover his story, illustrated by artist Mansi Joshi.

Accountable for progress

Responsibility and accountability require action, not just promises. We leverage our platform to improve lived experiences at Microsoft and beyond—exercising the same commitment we bring to all we do.

Insights that inform

We are building the infrastructure to better understand and explore identity as a company. We have expanded options for Asian employees in the US to self-identify their backgrounds in further detail, to help us evolve our programs and support.

Increasing representation

For Asian employees, representation at the Partner + Executive level is up 2.2 percentage points to 28.4% in 2022 in our core Microsoft business, the highest year-over-year increase since 2018.

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Influencing progress

Through Code; Without Barriers, we are working in partnership with 13 other companies to close the gap for women across nine Asia Pacific countries in the region’s cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology sectors.

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Intelligent discovery

Microsoft’s Diviner Project brings AI tools to historians studying the oldest form of Chinese language engraved on animal bones—and with it potential for the fields of archeology, linguistics, astronomy, and more.

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Ways to engage

Discover movies, TV, and games selected by Asian communities at Microsoft, plus more ways to learn and take action.

Cracking the code

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