(Sylvia) Ching Man Wong is a journalist, media producer and educator born in Hong Kong, based in Brooklyn. She holds a B.A. in Chinese and Bilingual Studies from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since 2013, she worked with New York based Chinese media companies such as World Journal, SinoVision and SinoTV. From 2018-2019 she worked as a community liaison and oral history interviewer for the Coney Island History Project and conducted our first Chinese language walking tour for Immigrant Heritage Week. She is currently studying full-time for an M.S. Ed. in Childhood Education (1-6) with an extension of Bilingual Education at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Sylvia speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Interviews
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
This interview was conducted and recorded in Cantonese Chinese by (Sylvia) Ching Man Wong. Transcription by Ching Man Wong and Keenan Yutai Chen with English translation by Keenan Yutai Chen. Read the transcript and translation below:...
Homeowner in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years and first member of his family to settle here
This interview was conducted and recorded in Cantonese Chinese. Read Sylvia Ching Man Wong's transcript and translation below.
本采访以粤语进行并记录下来。阅读下面的王靖雯(Sylvia Ching Man Wong)的笔录和翻译。
Kai Fung, a homeowner on West 35th Street in Coney Island’s West...
Translations
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
This interview was conducted and recorded in Cantonese Chinese by (Sylvia) Ching Man Wong. Transcription by Ching Man Wong and Keenan Yutai Chen with English translation by Keenan Yutai Chen. Read the transcript and translation below:...