Quote:
"When Bao won the Academy Award for best animated short, [Domee] Shi accepted the Oscar with her producer, Becky Neiman-Cobb. 'To all of the nerdy girls out there who hide behind their sketchbooks, don't be afraid to tell your stories to the world,' Shi said in her acceptance speech."
-- Emily Landau

Source:
Landau, Emily. "The animated life of Domee Shi." Toronto Life, March 2022. (p, 43)