Rock The Boat

We interview Karen Mok, the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Cosmos, a community for Asian women to flourish and thrive. In this episode, we talk to Karen about: How starting her first company at the age of 16 led her on a path of community building and entrepreneurship. The genesis of The Cosmos and how she met Cassandra Lam, her cofounder The battle of being both American and the child of Immigrants Mental Health and her struggle with depression The Power of Individual Agency Resources And Episode Citations: Links to Videos/Articles: Follow Karen on Twitter at @kmok88 Join the Cosmos at https://www.jointhecosmos.com/ Read the Medium Post that started it all: https://medium.com/@karenmok/who-is-the-asian-american-woman-an-open-letter-to-our-community-161ffb040677 Show Credits: Rochelle Kwan was our writer for this episode. Rochelle is currently a National Facilitator at StoryCorps, where she works towards building and deepening relationships to ensure the preservation of stories f