Sara Baiyu Porritt

Sara Baiyu Porritt, known professionally as Baiyu, is a Chinese-born American singer-songwriter and actress. In the early 1990s, her family moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland where she was then given the American name of "Sara". She has appeared in several independent films and was a VJ for the mtvU show "The Freshmen" from 2006-2008. Sara completed high school in three years' time, and later graduated from Princeton University in 2008 with a degree in Sociology. Sara has been shattering stereotypes since the age of 17 when she co-launched a record label with a Grammy winning music producer. Since that time, she has released 2 EPs and 2 full length albums, and starred in CW's "The Next" alongside rapper Nelly. Her single "Take A Number" has more than 4 million views on YouTube, and she hit the stage with Wyclef Jean at Advertising Week New York, in September of 2019. In her spare time, Sara is dedicated to capturing and sharing stories of those who have also traversed the road not taken, and is the host and creator of Hear Us Roar - a podcast featuring inspired conversations with fearless Asian women about how ideas and passions can ignite transformative journeys.