Mike Keo, a Cambodian American and an award winning wedding photographer, has taken to his camera and his ability to quickly get to know individuals, for social advocacy through spearheading the I Am Not a Virus campaign. Through personal storytelling, art creation, and mental health resources, Mike and his team share the broad mission of empowering the Asian American community. Over the past months, Mike has been interviewing Asians Americans from diverse backgrounds, including some who identify with multiple races, with the goal of understanding their stories and afterwards, taking a headshot of them. Mike hopes that these experiences prove to be empowering and a form of validation for his interviewees. When asked about the racially charged titles employed to describe Covid, such as “kungflu” and others relating the virus to China, Mike expresses being uncomfortable with these titles. His message is that an attack against one community, such as the Chinese, is an attack against all communities. This view is also informed by his childhood experience in school, where he was mistakenly labeled as a “Chinaman” by fellow students whenever the curriculum skims through Asian American history. Throughout the interview, Mike has referred lovely to his boys, at one point acknowledging that an Asian American that he does not have to worry about his children betting brutalized by police, a privilege that unfortunately black people are not given. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Mike enjoys spending time with his children and barbecuing for his family.