In episode 148, Molly is joined by architect, inventor and social entrepreneur Alice Chun. Separated from her parents at age 1, Alices shares her cross-cultural upbringing between South Korea and the US–at times feeling she fit in neither. Trained in architecture she's both teacher and innovator; the Haiti earthquake compelled her 1st invention–the Solar Puff™–world's only self-inflatable, portable solar light.
Alice embraces business failures as moments of inspiration & invention, mistakes in "getting the right people on the bus," and the fleeting moments of "I should just give up." She personifies GRIT–at one point, holding 3 jobs, breast feeding her baby and going through a divorce. Hear her compassion for those projecting their own emptiness outward. She recounts a moving experience teaching children in developing areas and asks how can you make loves better, what problems can you help to solve, and how can you make an existing solution a bit better?Â
Alice's latest invention, transparent, soft, self-adhesive and CLEAR masks will transform protecting healthcare workers. Alice lives her passion and demonstrates the power of never giving up with admirable humility and self-belief.Â