I am not supposed to be here | Angie Lau | TEDxWanChaiWomen 

I like that quote as a take home point, too. I live as an ethnic minority in the USA, as I grew up in Hong Kong before immigrating with my family at age 11. I face something pretty different (but with some similarities to what she faces). I work in the occupational therapy profession, where it has a strong majority of white and middle class women. For me as an Asian man who also has a disability (mine is autism), it is doubly tough for me to make a mark in the field sometimes. But, I choose to accept the challenge because courage and guts are two of the most important ingredients to pursue untapped opportunities ahead of me. Because of that, I also take a risk to be an occasionally polarising figure in my profession rather than being a wallflower. (Those who get to know me personally will actually find that I am a personable and supportive person.) The risk paid off as I have been using my social media platform to build up my voice, while I constantly practice public speaking skills since 2011 so that I can be as powerful as well. My attempts in building up my voice landed me 2 TEDx Talk opportunities. That accomplishment probably shocked many of my peers- since I am an ethnical minority with a disability to be the first in that profession to accomplish this honor more than once. But by achieving this feat, I probably have given some hope to students and practitioners who are struggling to find their ways... since I struggled a lot as a student and the beginning stages of my working career. Although I am by far not the most accomplished occupational therapy practitioner out there, me raising the TEDx/TED Talk bar in my profession generally has been perceived as encouraging and motivating. Moreover, I am also hoping that it will spark some introverts to discover their talents in their voices... as I used to dread public speaking and had self doubts that I am not good enough to be on that stage, let alone twice.