Issariyaphone Virasayachack
Born in Savannakhet, Laos on July 22, 1974, Issairyaphone Virasaycahack came over to America with his family as refugees and arrived in May of 1980 to Ohio. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, Issariyaphone was exposed to a large amount of pop culture and discovered breakdancing at the age of 9 years old. Through the years he was involved in the Cleveland Music scene and participated as a DJ, event producer/promoter, and B Boy breakdancer, going under moniker of MrTikTak.
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Currently residing in San Francisco, CA. and working as a multimedia producer, Issariyaphone volunteer his time to a number of causes from indy movie production to community outreach.
One of the community outreach project that he is currently working on is with ALL THE WAY LIVE Foundation, where he works as committee organizer, and the goal for the foundation is to impact at risk children in middle school and high school by providing after school programs where mentor conduct workshops that teach kids the art of and history of breakdancing.
Along with the after school program, ALL THE WAY LIVE Foundation host events to promote unity within the community and have been traveling the world to outreach to children in America, Central America, and Asia.
A goal that Issariyaphone is working with ALL THE WAY LIVE Foundation currently is a South East Asian tour where they will travel to the countries of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam to outreach and provide breakdancing workshops and school supplies to the children of those countries.
The goal is to impact 40,000 people with the program as a film crew documents the project, capturing the positive impact that Hip Hop Breakdancing culture has on a global scale for a documentary movie that Issariyaphone is producing.
Focused on being a positive inspiration, Issariyaphone is dedicated to the work he does and continues to strive everyday in efforts to show the next generations that Lao Americans can excel in any endeavors they set their minds to in the Lao community and outside in other communities.
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