“I imagine Tatler readers never would’ve heard of YAF.” This unassertive statement is far from characteristic of Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation (HKYAF) founder Lindsey McAlister. Anyone who has ever met her, let alone worked with her, would be more likely to describe her as a force of nature, both in personality (loud, uninhibited, tactile, very big on eye contact) and physically, her somewhat unruly long, blond curls catching in her mismatched earrings, her wild gesticulations, her boldly patterned outfits giving the impression she’s much taller than she is.
Far more typical is the chutzpah with which she has approached individuals and institutions over the years for funding—entrepreneur philanthropist Robert Miller (and definite member of the Tatler community) is “amazing and very, very generous”; she calls Standard Chartered a “dream…
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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2022