Muraoka, who has helped incorporate more Asian American representation into the show, said that Sesame Street doesn’t shy away from the serious, yet very real issues that come with Ji-Young’s identity either. Ji-Young, who will be performed by puppeteer Kathleen Kim, is also an avid skateboarder with a penchant for eating spicy Korean rice cakes known as tteokboki, among her many qualities. “She recognizes the culture through her relatives - her grandmother, through her mother - and through the food she eats and loves.” Ernie appears with Ji-Young, the first Asian American muppet on "Sesame Street." Noreen Nasir / AP
“She’s a musician, she plays electric guitar, she’s a girl of the very modern American fabric,” he told NBC Asian America.
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