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On December 12, 2024, Grant gave a presentation at South Bay Yacht Club Annual Board Meeting. A total of about 60 people joined this event. Grant first provided an overview of Alviso history. Then he dived into the research he conducted about Thomas Foon Chew, a Chinese immigrant who founded the Bayside Canning company. In the end, he showed the latest trailer of the documentary: https://youtu.be/flE7Cxr5Im8 The presentation was well received. Grant got a chance to talk to me

On November 24th, 2024, Grant visited the Google campus in Mountain View to attend the 2024 CP Mentorship Youth Leadership Summit. He gave a presentation about the history of Alviso and his documentary: "Alviso: an Untold Story." Grant shared his progress on the documentary and emphasized the importance of preserving history, especially in a tech-dominated environment such as Silicon Valley. His documentary explicitly highlights immigrant's role in shaping Alviso and the rest

On November 11, 2024, Grant interviewed San Jose local artist and author, Lynn Rogers, for his Thomas Foon Chew documentary project. Rogers is the author of 13 books in print, including the book "Alviso, San Jose" published in 2006. Her works have received critical acclaim from Gary Sing of Silicon Valley Metro, the Milpitas Post, the San Jose Mercury News and is the National League of American Pen Women's 2011 award winner as artist/author. The interview was conducted at Ms.

On Oct 14, 2024, Grant interviewed Richard Santos, who is a native of Alviso. He is serving as director at the Santa Clara Valley Water. Director Santos has volunteered in Alviso Community and Santa Calra County for the last 50 years. He was instrumental with the development of Alviso Library Project Fundraising Committee where he served as Chairman. He has received numerous awards for his contribution to the community. His full Biography can be found here: https://www.valley

On September 20th, 2024, Grant and Evan attended Global Asian Moon Festival and Creators Summit at Autry Museum in Los Angeles, CA. This event provided an exciting opportunity for us to learn from and network with top experts in content creation field. We listened to many insightful keynote speech including creator Economy in the AI era, the future of e-commence with TikTok Shop, and the secrets behind China's livestream shopping success. We took this opportunity to present

On June 1st, 2024, Grant attended the Dragon Boat Festival hosted by CP Mentorship group at South Bay Yacht Club. More than 50 people including Alviso residents, Yacht club members, youth from CP Mentorship group and other non-profit organizations across the Bay Area attended the event. Grant took this opportunity to interview some of the Alviso residents to prepare for the Alviso documentary project. Photo with Marcos Espinoza and Jose Villa from Alviso in Action and Catheri