Angel Yau

Angel Yau is a comedian, storyteller and filmmaker from Queens, New York. She is a 2018 NBC/UCBT Diversity Scholar finalist. She started her comedy career (unintentionally) when she ran for her high school election. She has been featured on Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special- her first Netflix thing and the Funny or Die short film, Soojung Dreams of Fiji- her first Amazon thing! She is proudly part of the first ever all Asian, all female, musical sketch group, AzN PoP! She was on Maude and Digital teams at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She has told stories on the Risk!, Mortified, Story Collide and Now in Color podcasts. She hosts a monthly presentation and storytelling show called "On This Day..." at Caveat. She founded An Asian American Film Thing where Asian- Americans can screen their works in progress without any judgement. Lastly, she makes stop-motion animations where she explores her childhood in solitude, rejection and alienation.