Kirie Ventura

Kirie Ventura (otherwise known under the moniker, Key Chan) is a mixed Asian person (she/hers) who is obsessed with creating and fostering safe, warm spaces of love and belonging. Over the past decade, she has been surviving Los Angeles transitioning from product design to thriving by revisiting her past journalism, filmmaking and painting endeavors. You can find her wandering around with her sassy Shiba, Maru, striking up conversations, participating in social equity movements, painting, being silly, meme foraging and traveling the world to gain new perspectives on life while appreciating the Earth's natural beauty. She normally does not refer to herself in the third person. Find her on the IG: @___keychan. Name pronunciation: kee-ree, or kiwi except exchange the w for an r.

An image of the author and filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, looking up in a photo studio.

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