Cynthia Tze Keng Ko is ethnically Chinese but born and raised in the Netherlands. Her family comes from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia. She's faced discrimination from a very young age which made her struggle with her mental health. Seeking to create a social impact and explore her own identity as an ethnic minority woman who lives with chronic depression, she moved to London and worked as a consumer research in Diversity and Inclusion over the past year. Recently she has also been appointed as the youngest Trustee at Mind, the national mental health charity in England and Wales.
Today’s episode features Cynthia sharing her experiences associated with her name and ethnic background. Cynthia recently decided to use her full name on social media platforms such as LinkedIn as well as in job applications, despite being warned not to a few years ago due to discrimination she might experience due to her name.

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