Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Crossword

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  1. 3. Last name of Vietnamese-American actor, martial artist, director who co-starred with Johnny Depp in “21 Jump Street."
  2. 4. First name of the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress who is also a retired Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel, born in 1968.
  3. 7. Miss Hawaii 2000, was crowned Miss America 2001, thereby becoming the first Asian-American, the first Filipino-American, as well as the first teacher ever to win the pageant.
  4. 8. First name of the first Vietnamese-American federal judge and first Asian-American woman to sit on the federal appellate court, immigrated to the U.S. in 1975.
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  1. 1. Chinese/Korean Actress and Rap Musician who’s stage name sounds like a brand of bottled water.
  2. 2. Only Eight-Division World Boxing Champion who is also a Senator in the Philippines.
  3. 5. One of two predominant languages, besides English, in the Philippines.
  4. 6. First and Last name of the Korean who is one of the best-selling Comic Book artists (X-Men, Batman, Superman) and co-founded Image Comics.
  5. 8. Last name of the Indian American who served as the 55th Governor of Louisiana from 2008-2016.
  6. 9. On January 21, 2009, this person was sworn in as Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. He is the first person appointed to the U.S. Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize.