APIDAHM Keynote 2025: Exploring the APIDA-Verse with Ash Perez
Event Details
The 2025 Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month Planning Committee is proud to present our Keynote for UW-Madison’s 2025 APIDA Heritage Month: Exploring the APIDA-Verse with Ash Perez
Ash Perez (he/they) is a writer, director, author, and producer. A queer first-generation Cuban, Korean, and Filipino American himself, Ash is focused on telling underrepresented stories in every genre. He has written for ABC’s “HOME ECONOMICS” and Freeform’s “GOOD TROUBLE.” In 2020, he served as a Senior Producer on the Biden/Harris campaign, where he co-directed and co-produced “Michelle Obama’s Closing Argument.”
Most recently he created “New Guy Tries” for 2nd Try TV which follows his exploration of manhood as a newly-transitioned man. In 2026, he is releasing an audio original rom-com, “Speak Now” with Simon & Schuster. On the non-fiction side he also has a book, “Read This For Inspiration” published with Clarkson Potter.
Please join us and Ash for our APIDA Heritage Month Keynote Event, a moderated Q&A in Tripp Commons, Memorial Union on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 6:30 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM (reserved seats will be held until 6:15 PM, at which point those without reservations will be admitted if there is space remaining, first come, first served). RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/APIDAHM25Keynote
This event is organized in collaboration with the APIDA Heritage Month Planning Committee, which is part of the Multicultural Student Center.
For questions and accommodations, please email apidasc@studentaffairs.wisc.edu or call at 608-262-4503.
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-4503 or email apidasc@studentaffairs.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.