What does it look like to reclaim your narrative as an Asian woman in leadership? In this episode of Magnolia Talks, Denise Ang shares her journey into coaching and the founding of the Asian Women Empowerment Network — a space born from both passion and purpose.

We explore the unique challenges Asian women face in the workplace, and how cultural values can be leveraged as strengths rather than barriers. Denise's coaching journey helps to show how culturally relevant coaching practices can support clients in rewriting the scripts they’ve inherited and owning their success stories with confidence and clarity.

About Denise: Denise Ang is the Founder of the Asian Women Empowerment (AWE) Network, dedicated to helping Asian women enhance their visibility as leaders and develop skills in self-advocacy, executive presence, and personal branding. As the Founder of Denise Ang Coaching and Consulting, she coaches Asian women to embrace authentic leadership, rewrite their script, and own their success story. Denise supports Asian women leaders and serves on the boards of the Asian Women Coaching Collective and the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Western Region. With extensive experience in business strategy and partnerships, Denise currently leads Strategic Partnerships for Android at Google. Denise has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London. Denise is also trained in negotiation in Harvard Law School.

You can find the entire series of Magnolia Talks on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For more information about this podcast and AWCC, please visit https://www.awcoachingcollective.org/. Extra special thanks to ⁠Diane Kim⁠ who has beautifully directed, hosted and edited this season of Magnolia Talks.