Hi friend! You are here! Thank you for clicking over to further understand the “why” of our studio

So, instead of the below rather formal way of introducing ourselves,

allow me to tell you the story of why truly we began as a boutique content shop! Now, all the above is true, I promise! It’s just, a bit more“corporate tongue”, and less “mother tongue”.

“Born out of the strong urge to knock open doors for more consumer market opportunities for intercultural brands and individuals, here at Mother Tongue Media, we are dedicated to bringing the most relatable content to life.

We are thrilled when talented storytellers and hearty brands are brought together to create resonance within a larger community. Whether it is for media to entertain, to educate, to generate sales, or to motivate, we want to be there. Because humanity is the base-layer mother tongue of us all.

Standing at the intersection of creativity and marketing demand, Mother Tongue Media is ready to embrace collaboration and facilitate life-long friendships over compatible visions.”

So, here’s that ‘ah-hah’ moment…

“Hey, flip back to the frame where that Asian bird was…”

I don’t exactly remember how that sentence was finished, but I knew I felt weird when I heard the above during one of my first post-production Zoom meetings, shadowing a senior producer.

“That Asian bird”, umm. As a first-generation Chinese American woman and a fairly rookie agency workaholic, I thought the word choice of “bird” was somewhat unfamiliar. But I was able to quickly realize it must have been the equivalent of “chick”. I happened to be the only “Asian bird” on the call that day, besides the young lady in business casual with a confident yet humble smile in the stock photo at said frame. Both she and I certainly took up spaces, pretty unapologetically already (except then, I was yet to be cool enough to say it right back to him - “hey, how about we just use the word, woman”). Yet still, I couldn’t help but wonder: Am I always going to remain a smiley stock photo to the world of Mad Men; A frame to be flipped to and away from on some timeline; A testimony to DE&I brochures?

Fastforward to May 2023, I launched my own shop - Mother Tongue Media, where clients take care of their brands like their own blood and flesh, and so do I. Mother Tongue is defined as the first language each of us naturally takes on. It describes taking on a system of communication prior to internalizing rigid rules of grammar or dissecting choices of words. And the beauty that lies within such a tender progress is what I wanted the company to embody - we all know what it feels like to want love, warmth, security and support, as we begin to speak our mother tongue. And that tongue is not English, Mandarin or anything else. But simply, human.