Hi there 👋🏻 Jen & Caleb here — we’re two of the founders behind MìLà. We know we haven’t been the best with introducing ourselves. Growing up as 2nd generation Chinese Americans, we were always taught to lead with our actions, which is why we’ve been mainly behind the scenes, heads down focused on our product and customer experience. Talking about ourselves, choosing to be in a spotlight, and making a statement doesn’t feel the most natural to either of us. However, as we introspect we have realized that we care greatly about empowering our community to show up in any way they feel comfortable. We hope that MìLà’s story can help others who are going through their own journey of exploring self identity and perhaps spark something to go pursue any future they dream of. We’ve been taking some time to pause and reflect on what it really means to be an Asian American owned and led business. We thought it appropriate to show all of you who we are, how we got here, and our hopes of leaving a legacy about Chinese food. So for the first time since MìLà opened its doors in 2018, we want to lead with our identities first, as two Chinese American entrepreneurs who are in love with our family heritage, our food, and each other. We hope sharing our stories will encourage other Asian Americans to show up as they are.