Emma Na-yun Downs, she/her, is a mixed Korean-American Boston-based actress, singer, and songwriter, who aims to inspire empathy and civic engagement with her work. She is so excited and honored to be speaking at the AAWIL Conference for the “Making Meaning: Asian American Art in a Generative Age” panel! Emma’s recent theatrical productions include: My Home on the Moon (CHUANG Stage), The Rocky Horror Show (Central Square Theater), Bay Boy: The Musical (Umbrella Stage Company), When You Trap a Tiger (Wheelock Family Theatre, upcoming). Emma is also a songwriter for CHUANG Stage and Company One’s original musical “Boston Chinatown: Stories on Our Streets”. Emma is the founder of @BostonActorAuditions (BAA) on Instagram, Boston’s largest resource for finding local theatrical auditions. Emma is a Tufts University 2022 graduate, and outside of theatre, she works at MIT as an administrator and sings in her band Cautionary Tale (@cautionarytale.band on IG). Website: emmanayun.com, Instagram: @emmanayun