Cheng is executive director of the Chinatown Community Cultural Center, which, among other things, will be hosting its Lunar New Year Festival on Sunday, the same day as the parade celebrating the Chinese New Year in D.C.’s Chinatown. That’s one week after the Year of the Tiger actually starts.

How did you get involved with the cultural center?
My family has run a restaurant in Chinatown for more than 30 years and my father, along with other business owners in Chinatown, founded the cultural center. I work at our family restaurant and I’m a second-generation Chinatown community member.