308: Stirring the Pot for Good: How One Social Enterprise is Uplifting Refugees

This Women’s HERStory Month, I’m celebrating trailblazing women who are reshaping the way we think about food, community, health, and inclusion on the Eating at a Meeting Podcast.

This week, I’m introducing you to Jin-Ya Huang—a social entrepreneur, artist, and community leader using food to break down barriers and build bridges.

A social practice artist turned “accidental entrepreneur,” Jin-Ya is the founder of Break Bread, Break Borders (B4) — a catering social enterprise empowering refugee women through food, storytelling, and economic opportunity.

Inspired by her mother’s resilience and shaped by her family’s immigrant journey from Taiwan to Texas, Jin-Ya combines her experience in global branding with a deep commitment to equity and inclusion. Through B4, refugee women share their cultural recipes and personal stories, transforming community dinners into platforms for understanding and empowerment.

Jin-Ya’s work has been featured by TIME Magazine, NPR, TEDx, and more — but what drives her most is her mission to remove barriers, uplift voices, and build bridges through food.

In this episode, we’ll explore how she’s rewriting the narrative around refugees, redefining what it means to serve your community, and how she continues to honor her late mother’s legacy by creating space for others to thrive.