Everyone can be a blogger these days, but how many of us can claim the attention of President Obama? What started out as an online space for 33-year-old Phil Yu to vent has now gained nationwide recognition in the form of Angry Asian Man, a website that dedicates itself solely to Asian American issues. Assertive and sometimes aggressive, Yu makes it clear that Asian Americans are a growing community that deserves to have a voice and be heard. Though he’s celebrating Angry Asian Man’s tenth anniversary this year, Yu is just getting started.

Joseph Vincent is exhausted. But if there’s anyone who deserves a break, it’s him. In just a few short years, Vincent has grown from receiving his first guitar at the age of fifteen and posting simple covers on YouTube to recently completing an exhilarating tour throughout Australia—which is why he was catching up on some much needed rest at home in Southern California when Mochi spoke with him.

At 24, Anna M. Park was living a life that most Asian parents dream of for their children. She was working as an attorney in downtown L.A., making good money, and on paper, living a life of prestige. But after six years working in law, she quickly found herself approaching 30 lost and unhappy.

It was a Thursday—July 24, 2003, to be exact. Tyson Mao distinctly remembers that it was on this very date that he learned how to solve the Rubik’s cube. Eight years later, he is smashing world records and organizing nationwide competitions without breaking a sweat. Mao is a prodigy in the circle of cubing enthusiasts, with an uncanny ability to pinpoint the colors on a Rubik’s cube without even seeing them.

It’s been said that life is a series of decisions. Most decisions—what am I going to wear today? What will I have for lunch?—are largely inconsequential, but most people do not expect everyday choices to change their lives, even though it’s almost always a combination of such decisions that do.