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All new Asian American Life hosted by Ernabel Demillo.

* April is Autism Awareness Month. Correspondent Minnie Roh highlights the contributions made by Asian Americans helping those who are living with autism. She interviews: Jill Nadison, executive director of Reed Academy in New Jersey; Julie Azuma, President, Different Roads to Learning; K. Lisa Yang, Co-Founder, Hock E. Tan & K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research, M.I.T. and Guoping Feng, Neuroscientist, Hock E. Tan & Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research, M.I.T.

*What's up reporter Kyung Yoon's sleeve? This month it's an interview with magician and mentalist David Feng, who is disrupting the world of magic.

*Rayner Ramirez talks to author Gina Apostol about her new book, the highly acclaimed, "Insurrecto", a novel that takes place in modern-day Philippines and the Philippine American War.

*Host Ernabel Demillo takes us behind-the-scenes at Ballet Hispanico with guest choreographer, Bennyroyce Royon. Royon's newest production, “Homebound/Alaala" tells the story of migration and immigration through a Filipino American lens. Along with Royon, she interviews Ballet Hispanico's Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro.

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