Leslie Hsu Oh

Travel Writer | Photographer | Editor | seen in T+L, NatGeo, CNT,Outside, Parents, Smithsonian

Speaker

REI's Force of Nature Keynote, 2017

          “I greatly appreciate your taking the time to share your knowledge, insight, and inspiring words. Your speech was the highlight of the evening.”
~ National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable

Hire or nominate Leslie Hsu Oh to speak or read at your next event. For more than two decades, Leslie has been invited as a keynote speaker at conferences, universities, federal/state or corporate sponsored events and campaigns such as Tourism Cares, REI, Impact Travel Immersion, NonfictioNOW, Kendal Mountain Film Festival, the White House and the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Here are a selection of her talks:

  • Speaker on "Diversity in the Outdoors" sponsored by Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Summit, May 18, 2022.
  • Speaker at National Hepatitis B & C Conference sponsored by APAMSA on "Saving Lives with Stories" Nov 14, 2020.
  • Speaker at Impact Travel Immersion on "How to be an Ethical Ethical Storyteller?" July 13, 2018.
  • Reading in Washington, D.C. from Grace in Darkness. July 7, 2018.
  • Panelist at Kendal Mountain Film Festival. "Imaginary Mountains." November 2017
  • Keynote speaker. REI Rooftop Party (150+ audience), August 25, 2017
  • Panelist at NonfictioNOW: “Travel writer as Cartographer” and "Third Culture Point of View: Writing from a Multicultural Perspective” June 2017.
  • Faculty Member Speaker. SPARK! Gala & Leadership Conference, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. "Power of storytelling to effect change." Nov 5, 2016.
  • Panelist at BinderCon NY: “Closer to Home: The Beginner’s Practical Guide to Travel Writing.” Oct 29-30, 2016.
  • Guest speaker. White House Champions of Change for AAPI Storytelling and Art, White House, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2016.
  • Guest speaker. Hep B United Summit, Washington, D.C., July 26-28, 2015.
  • Guest speaker. Gilead’s Asian Journalist Workshop, Boston, Massachussetts, July 16, 2015.
  • Masters of Ceremony. HBI-DC's Benefit Gala and Awards Dinner, May 31, 2015.
  • Guest speaker. Congressional Viral Hepatitis Reception. May 12, 2015.
  • Keynote address. HBI-DC's  Benefit Gala  and Awards Dinner, June 8, 2014.
  • Keynote address & Moderator. Gilead’s Asian Journalist Workshop, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2014.
  • Keynote address. World Hepatitis Day at White House, sponsored by White House Offices of National AIDS Policy and National Drug Control Policy. July 26, 2013.
  • Introduced Dr. Howard Koh, the Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, at HBI-DC's Benefit Gala and Award Dinner. Arlington, Virginia. October 23, 2011.
  • Interviewed on NPR Tell Me More. December 6, 2010.
  • Keynote address. HBI-DC Hep B Free DC Gala. Arlington, Virginia. 2010.
  • "Canyonlands" and "Of Dragons and Moon Cakes." Pacific Rim Conference on English and Rhetoric. Invited reader for Creative Writing Panel. Anchorage, Alaska. 2008.
  • Keynote address. Gilead. Invited speaker for HBV Advocacy Advisory Board. New York, New York. 2008.
  • Guest Speaker. University of Alaska Anchorage. Women's Studies Seminar. 2008.
  • Keynote address. Invited speaker for National Asian American English Ministry Pastor's Conference. Vienna, Virginia. 2006.
  • Keynote address. Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Invited speaker for Fundraising Reception. Boston, Massachusetts. 2004.
  • Keynote address. Bristol Myers Squibb. Invited speaker for AIM for the B: Awareness, Involvement, and Mobilization of chronic hepatitis B. Washington, D.C. 2004.
  • Keynote address. Hepatitis B Initiative-DC. Invited speaker for D.C. , Maryland, and Virginia area Korean Americans Pastors Luncheon. Washington, D.C. 2004.
  • Testimony. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Invited speaker for President's Advisory Commission on AAPI. Washington, D.C. 2003.
  • "Designing a Health Information Web Site With the Community." American Public Health Association. Invited as a panelist. 2003.
  • The National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. Office of Minority Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington , DC . 2002.
  • "Get out from behind your desk: Using the web or other strategies to bring Healthy People 2010 to the community and underserved populations." American Public Health Association. Invited as a panelist. 2002.
  • National Institute of Health Knowledge Management Interest Group. 2001.
  • Partnerships in the New Millennium , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2000.
  • Keynote address. National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference (CDC). Invited speaker. San Diego , California . 2000.
  • "Evaluation in Consumer Health Informatics: Examples of Evaluations, How They Informed Their Projects, and How They Inform the Field." American Medical Informatics Association Conference. Los Angeles , California . 2000.
  • Science in a Digital World. National Institute of Health . 2000.
  • American University , Communications Forum. 1999.
  • Keynote address. National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference (CDC). Invited speaker. Tucson , Arizona . 1999.
  • Keynote address. Health CareFinance Administration. Invited speaker for Boston Hepatitis B Project Kick-off. 1999.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." Harvard Medical School . Invited as a panelist for Ebert Community Service Day. 1998.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." Harvard School of Public School. Invited as a panelist for Community Partnership Day. 1998.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." American Liver Foundation. Invited as a panelist for National Summit Conference on Hepatitis. 1998.