Amy Guan is restitching her family’s origin story into a newfound career as a bag designer for her independent San Francisco label, Modokot. 🧵👏 “ ‘Modokot’ is slang in our native tongue. It means ‘nothing goes to waste,’ ” said the Chinese American artist. “If we had rice left over in our dinner bowls, my grandma would always yell “Modokot!” She used this phrase for everything, so we heard it often growing up.” The idea for her business grew from a visit to her parents’ hometown in Hoiping, a city in southern China, where she discovered her mother’s sewing machine. Guan decided she would recast her family’s history with fabrics by creating a design venture that operated on sustainability, savvy and quality — driven by the “do not waste” spirit she was instilled with. After seven years in the corporate tech world helping immigrant employees obtain work visas, Guan left a more lucrative position at Facebook in 2021 to launch her fledgling business. Read more about her venture at the link in bio (✍️: @alan_chazaro / 📷: @stephenlamphoto ~ @sfchronicle_photos ~ May 25, 2022)