Mr. Hyphen 2008 contestant Mike Liu will represent Spring Bud, a program that partners with schools in less industrialized parts of China to aid girls who are deprived of education due to poverty, and the California Dragon Boat Association, an organization that develops team skills and leadership in youth through training and competing in dragon boat racing.

About Mike:

Dr. Frankenstein's creation pales in comparison to Mike, the well-blended embodiment of brains and brawn.  As a man who once answered all the try-out questions correctly for Jeopardy! College Edition, he is also the legend behind the crew that qualified for the dragon boat Club Crew World Championship of 2006.  At the time an officer for Stanford's Undergraduate Chinese American Association, Mike has now coached dragon boat teams for the past five years.
 

I hope it shows through that I'm multi-dimensional... with some persistent desires in life, among them to enjoy the company of other good people, value family, live well and make at least an incremental difference to the world....  I started paying attention to Hyphen magazine since last year's Mr. Hyphen event and wish to see it voice continue to be included.

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Mr. Hyphen 2008 will take place on Saturday, October 4
at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.
Buy tickets here!