FIGHTING COVID-19: Jackie Ngan
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Jackie Ngan is an actress and a Muay Thai fighter. She’s been training for about nine years and has seven amateur fights. At this time, Jackie is unable to act nor train, so she’s gathering scraps from her closet to help with a dire issue caused by COVID-19 – the lack of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Please support the continuation of content on Muay Ying via Patreon Jackie started making reusable fabric face masks at the beginning of April. “On Instagram, one of my friends inspired me to make masks,” Jackie says. This friend was none other than Jessica Ng, a Muay Thai fighter and fashion designer based in New York City, whom Jackie had met while attending school in New York. When Jessica started making cloth face masks with Muay Thai shorts, she posted her process on her Instagram account. “The Muay Thai community is so small; it turned out the fashion school I was attending at the time was her alma mater. She reached out and donated fabric to me then, when I was a student. She really is such a giving person, “recalls Jackie. “It makes perfect sense that she’d inspire me […]
