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 …

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 …

Sherry Kim, also known as Fantasiex3 on YouTube, is a Korean American pianist known for her beautiful and unique choices in piano covers. Raised in Las Vegas, she is currently studying piano performance at Northwestern University. We had the opportunity to interview the self-proclaimed “cheesy romantic” in between her busy schedule, and we’re enchanted by her confidence—something we hope that all Mochi readers can learn from. Read on to learn how she got started, her eclectic taste in music, and the huge project she has been working on.

If you had the chance to create your own feature film, what would it be about? Joyce Wu, a MFA candidate in Film Production at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, wrote a film called The Real Mikado that follows the life of a struggling Asian American actress named Sophie. Sophie is forced to move back into her parents’ house in Detroit because she has been unable to find work as an actress. However, her biggest break comes when she is offered an opportunity to direct a production of Gilbert …

Jun Sung Ahn is a modern-day Renaissance man. You may recognize him from his playful and catchy violin covers on his YouTube channel JuNCurryAhn, but did you know that he also plays guitar, sings, dances, cooks, and plays a killer Chinese Yo-Yo? Jun, a freshman at Northwestern University who studies radio, film and TV, recently placed second on Clara C’s cover contest, even though his video had the most views out of all the contestants. He’s someone to look out for in the future—and lucky for Mochi, we had the …