“I'm the only person at the table who has not yet gone public with my story, so I've had very little practice in telling it," Chiu said. Aside from her husband, her family still knew nothing, she said.

"There are very few, I feel, Asian voices that come forward with this kind of story" she continued. "It's not because this kind of thing does not happen to Asian people, but I think certainly within the U.S. we have a whole culture around a model minority that doesn't make a fuss, that doesn't speak up, that puts their head down and works really hard and doesn't cause waves" "The whole idea of coming out and speaking about that would undoubtedly shock my friends, and shift the whole of my life, is really terrifying”