{{Infobox person | name = Assunta Ng | occupation = Journalist; publisher | known_for = Founder and publisher of the ''Sing Tao Daily'' (San Francisco) }}
'''Assunta Ng''' is Chinese-American community organizer and the publisher of ''Northwest Asian Weekly'' and ''Seattle Chinese Pos''t, based in Seattle's Chinatown/International District.
== Biography == Ng was born in China and raised in Hong Kong.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ethnicbusinesscoalition.org/assunta-ng-board-member/|title=Assunta Ng, Board Member {{!}} Ethnic Business Coalition|website=ethnicbusinesscoalition.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-27}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Ng got her first name, which means ascension, from an Italian priest when she was baptized.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wenspages.us/WensGuestNg.html|title=Wen's Interviews - Assunta Ng|last=Liu|first=Wen|website=www.wenspages.us|access-date=2017-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819082658/http://wenspages.us/WensGuestNg.html|archive-date=2016-08-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1971 at age 19, she immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong to attend the University of Washington (UW).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020321/assunta21/making-headlines-assunta-ng-goes-after-what-she-wants|title=Living {{!}} Making headlines: Assunta Ng goes after what she wants|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref> Ng wanted to relocate to the U.S. because her parents had low expectations for daughters and Ng did not want to become a housewife, which was what was modeled to her as she was growing up. At that time, she had the perception that only in America could a woman be free. After the first year, Ng supported herself for the rest of her college education. Her first job was as a dishwasher in a school cafeteria, and it paid $2.50 an hour. Ng also baby-sat and worked in restaurants to keep afloat.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19901112/1103679/assunta-ng----series-of-unusual-challenges-helped-news-editor-thrive|title=Business {{!}} Assunta Ng -- Series Of Unusual Challenges Helped News Editor Thrive|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref> She wrote for the ''Daily'' newspaper while at the UW, and she earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and education from the UW in 1974, a teaching certificate in 1976, and a master's degree in communications in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |last=Curry|first=Kai |date=2023-02-13|title=A night to remember — Celebrating 41 years of Assunta Ng and George Liu’s community service|url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2023/02/a-night-to-remember-celebrating-41-years-of-assunta-ng-and-george-lius-community-service/ |work=Northwest Asian Weekly}}</ref>
Post-college, Ng taught social studies to children of immigrant families at Mercer Junior High School. She observed that many were lost in a strange new system. It was during this time that she became aware of the lack of information available to the local Chinese community. In 1982, Ng started with $25,000 of her own seed money and founded the ''Seattle Chinese Post''. A year later in 1983, Ng founded the ''Northwest Asian Weekly'', a Pan-Asian English-language weekly.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.washington.edu/omad/2010/12/20/assunta-ng-named-2011-odegaard-award-recipient/|title=Assunta Ng Named 2011 Charles E. Odegaard Award Recipient {{!}} Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity|website=www.washington.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
{{external media | float = right | video1 = [https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-f014feb65a1 “Remarkable People: Making a Difference in the Northwest; Assunta Ng,”] produced by Jean Walkinshaw in 1993.}}
In 1986, Ng was one of 15 women who joined the Seattle chapter of Rotary International, before the parent organization allowed women to join.<ref name=":3" />
In 1996, Ng founded Women of Color Empowered, a tri-annual networking luncheon series that honors women of color who have made an impact in their local communities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2014/04/women-color-empowered-honors-rising-stars/|title=Women of Color Empowered honors 'Rising Stars'|date=2014-04-24|work=Northwest Asian Weekly|access-date=2017-03-27|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Through her nonprofit, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Ng has organized programs and scholarships to help disadvantaged youth and women, and she has raised more than $3 million for various charities and scholarships for foster children, University of Washington, Washington State University, Seattle University, and Seattle Community Colleges.<ref name=":0" />
In January 2023, Ng closed the ''Seattle Chinese Post'' after her husband was diagnosed with cancer a year earlier and she decided to retire. The ''Northwest Asian Weekly'' ceased its weekly print edition and became online-only. In September 2023, The ''Post'' was donated to the Tacoma-based Asia Pacific Cultural Center. In May 2024, the ''Asian Weekly'' was sold to four investors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Paul |date=2024-05-29 |title=New chapter for Northwest Asian Weekly after decades of community coverage |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/new-chapter-for-northwest-asian-weekly-after-decades-of-community-coverage/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also == * ''Northwest Asian Weekly'' * ''Seattle Chinese Post''
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