Future Asian & Pacific History Month: Lana Condor Is the Superhero We Needed

Fuse is celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Asian and Pacific History before our eyes. Today we are honoring Lana Condor, who is changing the way we see (and look at) superheroes in the modern world.

The 20-year-old actress was born in Cần Thơ, Vietnam and was later adopted at four months by Mary and Yahoo! Sports executive editor Robert Condor. While growing up in cities like Chicago, Seattle, New York City and Santa Monica, Lana explored the creative arts through dance. She trained at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Joffrey Ballet before later finding her footing with acting, thanks to acting classes at the New York Film Academy, and later at the Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors.