05/27/2023
Check out our amazing lead faculty and actor Napoleon Tavale. We asked him about his thoughts on the AAPI community and their contribution to arts and entertainment.
Check out the full interview on our website. https://columbiacollege.edu/nap-tavel/
"I represent the Pacific Islander (PI) community as a Pasifika (South Pacific Islands) Actor & teaching artist born in American Samoa. It’s about visibility when it comes to representing my community in my work. The more work I can do as a teacher and as a professional working actor, the more I feel that I’m sharing my story. The Samoan culture humbles me to be respectful, hard-working, to not give up, to remember where I came from, and to never take the work for granted."