Episode 10: Jason Y. Lee | A Life of Courage and Authenticity

This week, we speak with Jason Y. Lee, the founder and CEO of Jubilee Media, a digital media company for positive, purpose-driven millennials with a YouTube following of over 2.5 million. Prior to Jubilee Media, Jason was a consultant at Bain, one of the top consulting firms in the country. 

In this episode, Jason speaks with Lucia about:

What it means to live a life true to yourself and not what others expect of you,

Working for the Obama presidential campaign and how that inspired him,

How he was able to pursue his childhood dream of storytelling,

The challenges he faced building Jubilee Media,

And his aspirations for creating the next wave of change-makers.


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Links to some of our favorite Jubilee Media videos:

Love Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyB_U9vn6Wk

Hundred for Haiti (the video that started it all!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6wQ6_t7nM

Blind Devotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_99ySDoC1fw

Official Trailer for Save My Seoul, a short documentary that Jason produced about South Korea’s rampant prostitution and sex-trafficking industry. For more information, visit savemyseoul.com or watch via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/save-my-seoul/id1225751930?mt=6&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Jason’s TED Talk at UC Irvine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCY_k3uka1E


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Jason’s bio: Jason Y. Lee is the founder of Jubilee Media, a media company that inspires young people to live for something greater. Jubilee Media has garnered over 30 million views online for various causes and featured in The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Mashable, The Queen Latifah show and more. In his former life, Jason was a consultant at Bain & Company and worked for Clinton Health Access Initiative in Zambia. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School.

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