Interview with Winnie Wong
Date11 July 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 31 Minutes, 48 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Winnie Wong. She was interviewed by Francis Goldberg-Doyle on 11 July 2025 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Winnie Wong was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
Winnie works at Real Art Ways as the marketing and communications director. When addressing her moment of change, Winnie explained that going to graduate school for documentary filmmaking opened up many new doors for her.
She studied in San Francisco, and was born in Hong Kong, moving from there to a small town called Gonzales to a bigger city in San Francisco. The catalyst for Winnie’s change of career paths was after a backpacking trip in Southeast Asia, when she saw a flyer for a documentary screening in Cambodia. After attending, she realized documentary film was something she could pursue.
When thinking of what change means to her, Winnie describes the idea of being alternative and how that concept is different for everyone, and how change is necessary. Prior to her own change of entering documentary filmmaking, Winnie described she felt lost and unsure of her path career wise. After the change, Winnie felt a deeper sense of purpose as she entered a career in line with her passions. Initially, Winnie felt some fear of changing career paths, especially when it came to financial risks. She explains trusting her instincts, and knowing it is okay to make mistakes and try out new opportunities. She also notes the importance of moving to Connecticut, where she can appreciate open spaces.
Winnie hopes that Connecticut can retain the creatives and wants to make the state appealing to young creatives and professionals.
Winnie Wong was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
Winnie works at Real Art Ways as the marketing and communications director. When addressing her moment of change, Winnie explained that going to graduate school for documentary filmmaking opened up many new doors for her.
She studied in San Francisco, and was born in Hong Kong, moving from there to a small town called Gonzales to a bigger city in San Francisco. The catalyst for Winnie’s change of career paths was after a backpacking trip in Southeast Asia, when she saw a flyer for a documentary screening in Cambodia. After attending, she realized documentary film was something she could pursue.
When thinking of what change means to her, Winnie describes the idea of being alternative and how that concept is different for everyone, and how change is necessary. Prior to her own change of entering documentary filmmaking, Winnie described she felt lost and unsure of her path career wise. After the change, Winnie felt a deeper sense of purpose as she entered a career in line with her passions. Initially, Winnie felt some fear of changing career paths, especially when it came to financial risks. She explains trusting her instincts, and knowing it is okay to make mistakes and try out new opportunities. She also notes the importance of moving to Connecticut, where she can appreciate open spaces.
Winnie hopes that Connecticut can retain the creatives and wants to make the state appealing to young creatives and professionals.
Object number2024.79.43
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
Subject Terms
- Hartford
- People of color
- Oral history
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Women
- Chinese Americans
- Culture shock
- Family
- Travel
- Education
- College students
- Moving, Household
- Film production
- Career change
- Asian American experience
- Documentaries
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project U.S. Department of Education grant
- Redefining Moments of Change Collection
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