Jasmine M. Cho is a Pittsburgh-based author and artivist most 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 Baking Champion, TEDx speaker, and the Founder of Butter and Joy, an online bakery specializing in custom cookies.Jasmine has received numerous accolades including CREATOR of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the Small Business Community Champion Award by Citizens Bank, and was also awarded a Mayor’s Proclamation declaring Jan. 28th, 2020 as “Jasmine Cho Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. Expanding to traditional fine art while pursuing art therapy studies, Jasmine wrote, illustrated, and published her first children’s book Role Models Who Look Like Me: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Made History (2019).While managing the stressors of owning a small business, Jasmine became more aware of the therapeutic impacts of baking. Believing that mental health services should be as diverse as the communities they serve, she spearheaded a study exploring baking as a form of art therapy with hopes to make the kitchen a more accessible and empowering space for creativity and healing for all people.As a community educator, Jasmine has served as a keynote speaker, panelist, and workshop facilitator in K-12 schools, higher education settings, and corporate/nonprofit training sessions. Her talks and workshops explore personal narrative, artivism, excluded and minoritized history, and creativity as a vehicle for individual and collective health and well-being.