Jasmine M. Cho is a Pittsburgh-based author, art therapist, and creative best known for using portrait cookies to elevate representation for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Her work has been exhibited at the Heinz History Center in tandem with the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and featured internationally on media outlets that include NPR, CBS This Morning, and The Korea Daily. She is also a Food Network Champion, TEDx speaker, and the Founder of Butter and Joy, an online bakery that she plans to evolve into a brick-and-mortar bakery bookstore.
Jasmine brings a distinctive background spanning administration, design, and facilitation into her role as IF’s new Program Coordinator. Since her youth, Jasmine has served as Program Administrator for the Action International Martial Arts Association (AIMAA), her father’s martial arts organization. Her other administrative roles have included working in the promotional products industry, small business, and the nonprofit sector. As an artist, her design work has spanned from viral digital marketing to murals. A 4th Degree Black Belt and public speaker, Jasmine has facilitation experience that spans teaching Tae Kwon Do and cookie decorating as a constructive dialogue tool to students ages 3 to 60+ in private, small-group, and large-group settings in addition to presenting at conferences nationwide.
