Immigrant roots and queer identity in rooms of real power. Stephen Cheung: Inside the Rooms Where LA Decides

Send us Fan MailIn this final episode of season one, we sit down with Stephen Cheung, President and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, for a conversation about power, responsibility, and the lives shaped in between.We talk about what LA28 represents—not just as a global moment, but as a real opportunity for LGBTQ-owned businesses to finally be seen, supported, and included in meaningful ways. Stephen shares how access, procurement, and long-term opportunity can either open doors or quietly close them, especially in a city as vast and complex as Los Angeles.We also step away from policy and into the personal: what it means to build a life as a gay man in public leadership, how hiking with his husband around the world keeps him grounded, and his very human vision of one day retiring surrounded by dogs, nature, and a little more quiet.This is a conversation about leadership with heart — and what it means to hold power with care.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/CocoonAfterDark