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Championing famous and forgotten Asian Americans, this artist uses cookies as her canvas

Artist Jasmine Cho makes exquisite portraits that champion famous and forgotten Asian Americans. Her canvas?

'Cookies, I've always said, are the perfect platform for education, activism and healing because they are one of the most disarming, inviting and surprising mediums,' said Cho, who is also a baker.

Artist Jasmine Cho holds a framed cookie portrait of the late Karen Fung Yee, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cho, a Korean American self-described "cookie activist, has gained fans over the last several years for her finely detailed portraits of famous and forgotten figures. Yee, a second generation Chinese American from Pittsburgh and educator of Asian culture, died in 2019. AP Photo/Matt Freed