Hello! My name is Vanessa Li, and I’m the founder of Diauge. I started this project after an attempt to explain the nutrition facts on the back of a cereal box to my diabetic grandpa. With my lack of Taishanese (a Chinese dialect), I couldn’t properly convey what I wanted to say. Later that night, I decided to create Diauge—researching and designing a website with the desire to make dietary information more accessible while helping others overcome the language barrier.

This website was made possible by Kasra Beheshti, Technical Director of Diauge, and Aakarsh Pasi, Web Developer of Diauge. The health professionals and translators were additionally a big part in bringing this vision to reality.