Good things happen in Chinatown

In 2021, Victoria Lo founded Chinatown Runners in New York. An alternative take on what a social run experience can be, she helps runners see a new side of a city they already call home.

Victoria Lo started Chinatown Runners a year into the COVID-19 pandemic to highlight, and help combat the 361% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes that she had seen proliferating around her in New York.

“It was this feeling of helplessness. I didn’t know exactly how I could contribute back to the Asian American community with what I had in my tool belt.”