Asian American second grade teacher : Target commercial

This Target commercial with an Asian American second grade teacher has been playing on TV. It’s going to be a big year in her classroom. Kids will learn about the former planet Pluto, fraction, dinosaurs, and much more. Amongst these class room activities, the second graders will take care of two adventurous hamsters (Lewis and Clark). With all that learning, they need some back-to-school supplies from Target. It’s bound to be a fun year. Wish we had a teacher like this growing up.

Update: the actress playing the Asian American teacher is Tania Gunadi, not Charice as some people are claiming online.

Check out this other Target commercial with an Asian American family.

Asian American second grade teacher : Target commercial

12 thoughts on “Asian American second grade teacher : Target commercial”

Katelyn July 24, 2011 at 5:59 pm

What is the name of this actress? She looks just like Charice to me.

Duane July 31, 2011 at 8:00 pm

I love this commercial and I was just hoping that she was a real teacher.

jack King August 2, 2011 at 11:34 pm

I love that comercial! She is s freaking adorable!

Rich August 3, 2011 at 1:12 am

This is Tania Gunadi

mky August 4, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Hah nice – totally thought it was the girl who played Shelby Woo on Nickelodeon.

Von Fink August 6, 2011 at 10:17 am

Nice commercial, lovely actress. But the facts are off: whereas we used to theorize dinosaurs were cold-blooded, nowadays dinos are thought to have been warm-blooded.

Vicki August 11, 2011 at 11:56 am

I love this commercial. She’s also great as the “hoodie ninja” in the Honda Civic commercial.

Sarah August 12, 2011 at 5:50 pm

When I saw her I remembered her face from Even Stevens! One of the cutest Asians ever

Helenia August 16, 2011 at 1:20 am

For those who have kids and for those who know the Disney Channel…she was on Pixel perfect and Go figure…i had to imdb it just to remember haha

Leni August 16, 2011 at 9:26 pm

However “cute” the actress may be, the commercial is ridiculous. Any teacher who wants to maintain a sane relationship with her/his janitorial staff would not mention glitter!

The current Target commercials portray teachers in a superficial manner. As a retired teacher, I respect the difficult tasks today’s teachers face. So many of the things parents are being told the kids need are, in reality, provided by those classroom teachers (except the glitter).