AAPI Heritage Month Commemorative Speaker: A Night With Brenda Song

A Night With Brenda Song is a special event held in collaboration with University Union and BIPOC Student Success to kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The show will feature actress Brenda Song, who will discuss her experiences as an Asian American in the entertainment industry, share insights on cultural representation and reflect on recent projects she’s done on screen! The event will be hosted by Syracuse University students Mario Estab and Cecilia Catalini. Mario and Cecilia co-host “Cuse Tonight” together, and Cecilia is president of the Asian American Journalists Association.

About Brenda Song

Brenda Song has rapidly emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young actresses. Brenda can be seen in the hit Hulu series “Dollface” in the lead role of Madison Maxwell. The show stars Brenda, Kat Dennings and Shay Mitchell. “Dollface” is a TV comedy that follows a young woman who, after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, tries to rekindle female friendships she left behind. The show finished its second season on Hulu.

Brenda is also voicing a self-centered 13-year-old Thai American girl named Anne Boonchuy in “Amphibia,” the Disney animated series that follows the adventures of Anne after she is magically transported to Amphibia, a land full of talking frog-people.

Brenda’s past credits include a series regular on the CBS television show “Pure Genius” as well as recurring roles in Fox’s “New Girl,” ABC’s “Scandal” and “Station 19,” and NBC’s “Super Store,” and the Freeform holiday television movie “Angry Angel.” Brenda also starred in Columbia Pictures’ Oscar-nominated film “The Social Network,” co-starring Jesse Eisenberg, Rashida Jones and Justin Timberlake. Brenda is best known for playing London Tipton on the popular series “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” for three seasons on Disney Channel.

Brenda is also a strong supporter and Ambassador for Stand Up To Cancer, a charity dear to her heart as her mother is a four-time breast cancer survivor, and she lost her grandfather to the disease as well.

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