May kicked off Asian Pacific American Heritage month and last Thursday, three high profile Asian Americans—Joe Zee, creative director of ELLE magazine, Mark Munoz, one of the world’s top ranked UFC fighters, and actress Jamie Chung—took the stage at Webster Hall at the second annual Verizon Wireless Visionaries Conference to chat about what it was like to for them breaking into their fields. Hosted by Xixi Yang, the panelists dished out advice generously to the young audience.

Cleaning my brushes is one of those things that I know I should be doing regularly but always end up ditching (it’s terrible. I know), so when I set out to find a makeup brush cleaning kit, I was surprised that the idea literally fell on my lap. The lovely people over at The Brush Guard were kind enough to send me their brand new Cleaning Kit as well as a set of their award-winning brush guards to check out. The Brush Guard is a cleaning kit designed to fully clean the “ickies”—old makeup, dead skin cells, bacteria, dust and dirt, and oil—out of your makeup brushes and protect your brushes and your skin.

Cate Song may be an accountant by day, but at heart, she’s a musician and songwriter. Known as“Songbird,” Cate is a Korean American singer-songwriter based in New York. She recently opened for Tim Be Told, a Christian rock band based in Charlottesville, VA, but she’s been playing music long before that. You can find her two albums, “Images” and “Inside” on her website, catesong.com. Her music is introspective, emotive, and lyrical. Read on to learn more about Cate, and how it has been like working in both the corporate world and the world of music.

Jasmine Rafael may be following in her brother AJ’s footsteps in the music industry, but she’s also been making a name for herself as a dancer. She’s part of a singing group called Blyss (with fellow YouTubers Cathy Nguyen, Kat Badar and Jenny Suk), and she’s also part of a dancing group called Paper Dolls (videos can be found on her YouTube channel). And when she’s not singing or dancing with her group or at the many studios in the Hollywood area, she’s also taking college classes. We got a chance to speak with Jasmine about her passion for music and dance, and found out how she keeps her life together because of the support of her family and friends.