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Asian Matchmaker in Miami

Matchmaking for Miami's Finance, Real Estate & Founder Community

Cassindy Chao Featured In


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Cassindy Chao Featured In

Begin Your Journey

Bespoke Intention & Lasting Love

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Begin Your Journey

Bespoke Intention & Lasting Love

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What a Goldman Sachs Banker Learned About Love | Matchmaker Cassindy at GMF

AWM Love brings personal, discreet Asian matchmaking to Miami’s accomplished singles — Brickell, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne and Miami Beach. Private, curated introductions for the finance, real estate and founder community that has reshaped this city, and for the people who want something more substantial than what Miami’s social scene tends to offer. My clients come from every background, and in this city more than most, my matches are cross-cultural.

Why I Work In Miami

My route into Miami is the same one most of my clients took: New York finance.

I spent years at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, and over the past few years I have watched a remarkable number of people from that world pack up and move south. They arrived with their careers intact and their social lives left behind in Manhattan — which is a specific and surprisingly lonely position, and one I hear about constantly.

That’s what I understand about this city. Not its nightlife, which is well documented and not especially useful for finding a partner, but what actually happens to a person’s private life when they relocate somewhere they know everyone professionally and almost no one otherwise.

Through my earlier collaboration with the Family Office Exchange - we have met wonderful people in Miami and Coral Gables.

Credentials

I’m a third-generation Chinese matchmaker (紅娘) and a former Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan investment banker. I’ve been featured in Business Insider, NBC News Daily, and ABC News. I bring both the ancient wisdom of the 紅娘 tradition and a very modern understanding of the lives my clients actually lead.

Who I Work With In Miami

It All Starts With Learning About You and….Who You’d Love to Meet.

My Miami clients are finance professionals and fund managers — many relocated from New York in the last few years — real estate developers and investors, founders, attorneys, physicians, and family office executives. A large share arrived recently, know people professionally and almost no one socially, and have found that a city famous for its nightlife is surprisingly hard to meet a serious partner in.

Not all of my clients are Asian. In a city this international, a large share are people whose lives already cross cultures — and who want a partner who moves comfortably between them. Those matches take genuine cultural fluency, which is something I watch for closely.

Why Dating Here Is Harder Than It Should Be

Miami’s social scene is built for visibility, not intimacy. Dinners, clubs, events, boats. It is genuinely fun and almost entirely unsuited to meeting someone you’d build a life with.

Everyone is new here. The recent influx means most of your peers arrived within the last few years. Deep social roots are rare, and the friend-of-a-friend introductions that work in older cities barely exist yet.

The Asian-American professional community is small and dispersed. It’s here, but it is not concentrated the way it is in New York or the Bay Area. Meeting people who share your background largely doesn’t happen by accident.

Transience cuts both ways. People came quickly and some will leave the same way. Reading who is actually planting roots — and who is here for a tax year — matters more in Miami than in almost any other city I work in.


Let’s Find You Your Partner

SAN FRANCISCO MATCHMAKING

What a Goldman Sachs Banker Learned About Love | Matchmaker Cassindy at GMF

Client Success Story

We are new in Miami so we also partner with colleagues in Coral Gables and Miami. Several of our New York clients spend extensive amounts of time in Miami - the golfing is terrific - so it has become paramount to continue their dating journey. While it did not count as a resounding success - we had two mid-career professionals meet up in Miami - although the lady spent her time in Boston (Concord) and he was from Manhattan.

Couple watching the ocean at sunset

FAQs

Do you serve Coral Gables, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale?

Yes — Brickell, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach and Aventura, plus north into Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. My clients live and date across South Florida.

Do you serve Coral Gables, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale?

Yes — Brickell, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach and Aventura, plus north into Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. My clients live and date across South Florida.

I just moved here from New York and don't know anyone socially. Is that common?

It's the single most common thing I hear from Miami clients, and it's the reason many of them call. You relocated for the work or the taxes, your professional life transferred intact, and your social life did not. I still run an active New York practice, so I can introduce you within Miami and across my New York network — which is often where the people you'd actually click with still are.

I just moved here from New York and don't know anyone socially. Is that common?

It's the single most common thing I hear from Miami clients, and it's the reason many of them call. You relocated for the work or the taxes, your professional life transferred intact, and your social life did not. I still run an active New York practice, so I can introduce you within Miami and across my New York network — which is often where the people you'd actually click with still are.

Is there a real Asian-American community in Miami?

It's smaller and more dispersed than in New York or California, and I'd rather be honest about that. What makes this work is that my database is national — and Miami happens to be a city people are genuinely willing to move to, which widens the field considerably.

Is there a real Asian-American community in Miami?

It's smaller and more dispersed than in New York or California, and I'd rather be honest about that. What makes this work is that my database is national — and Miami happens to be a city people are genuinely willing to move to, which widens the field considerably.

How is this different from a dating app?

Dating apps give you volume, usually with limited information — and sometimes real safety concerns. I meet every person I introduce you to. I know how they handle disappointment, whether their actions match their words, and what they're actually looking for — not what a profile says.

How is this different from a dating app?

Dating apps give you volume, usually with limited information — and sometimes real safety concerns. I meet every person I introduce you to. I know how they handle disappointment, whether their actions match their words, and what they're actually looking for — not what a profile says.

How much does an Asian matchmaker in Miami cost?

It depends on the service and the scope of the search. VIP matchmaking is a bespoke, high-touch engagement; date coaching is a lighter option for people who want guidance rather than full-service introductions. The best next step is a free intro call, where I'll walk you through what fits your situation in Miami.

How much does an Asian matchmaker in Miami cost?

It depends on the service and the scope of the search. VIP matchmaking is a bespoke, high-touch engagement; date coaching is a lighter option for people who want guidance rather than full-service introductions. The best next step is a free intro call, where I'll walk you through what fits your situation in Miami.

I'm not Asian. Would I be a fit for your practice?

Very possibly. A good number of my clients aren't — often people whose lives already cross cultures: who've lived or worked in Asia, whose careers are international, or who simply found that the life they want looks like this. What matters to me isn't your background. It's whether you're genuinely curious about someone else's, and whether you're serious about building something lasting. If you're looking for a type, I'm not the right matchmaker. If you're looking for a person, let's talk. Miami is one of the most cross-cultural cities in America, and my practice here looks like the city does.

I'm not Asian. Would I be a fit for your practice?

Very possibly. A good number of my clients aren't — often people whose lives already cross cultures: who've lived or worked in Asia, whose careers are international, or who simply found that the life they want looks like this. What matters to me isn't your background. It's whether you're genuinely curious about someone else's, and whether you're serious about building something lasting. If you're looking for a type, I'm not the right matchmaker. If you're looking for a person, let's talk. Miami is one of the most cross-cultural cities in America, and my practice here looks like the city does.

Do you only work with Asian clients?

No — and the name describes me, not a restriction on my clients. I'm a third-generation Chinese matchmaker (紅娘), and that lineage shapes how I work: I take family, culture, and long-term compatibility seriously in a way most matchmakers don't. But my clients come from every background, and a meaningful share of my matches are cross-cultural. What my clients have in common isn't ethnicity. It's that they're serious about finding a life partner.

Do you only work with Asian clients?

No — and the name describes me, not a restriction on my clients. I'm a third-generation Chinese matchmaker (紅娘), and that lineage shapes how I work: I take family, culture, and long-term compatibility seriously in a way most matchmakers don't. But my clients come from every background, and a meaningful share of my matches are cross-cultural. What my clients have in common isn't ethnicity. It's that they're serious about finding a life partner.

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

Still deciding?

My background is unusual — third-generation 紅娘, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, Wellesley, and over 20 years of doing this. It's also what makes me good at the specific thing I do, which is connecting exceptional people. But being effective isn't enough on its own. There has to be fit, and there has to be care. If you don't feel that when we talk, I'd rather you know it early — and so would I. The first call is free, and it goes both ways.

Years of setting up Great Dates

Matchmaking Testimonials

Cassie has been a matchmaker since her college days at Wellesley. She helped me identify my now husband. He is my one true love. He understands, accepts, and celebrates me. Without her sage advice, I would not be married today.

S.C. & M.D.

Matched Couple

Married

Getting married during the pandemic was an adjustment and we made it work. Now you can add another success story to your list!

P.L. & R.S.

Matched Couple

Married

Our backgrounds were very similar, and we had a lot in common, yet we would not have met without her nudge. We fell in love the day we first met and we’ve been married ever since. Cassindy is our trusted friend for life!

K.S. & B.N.

Matched Couple

Married

  • Cassie has been a matchmaker since her college days at Wellesley. She helped me identify my now husband. He is my one true love. He understands, accepts, and celebrates me. Without her sage advice, I would not be married today.

    S.C. & M.D.

    Matched Couple

    Married

  • Getting married during the pandemic was an adjustment and we made it work. Now you can add another success story to your list!

    P.L. & R.S.

    Matched Couple

    Married

  • Our backgrounds were very similar, and we had a lot in common, yet we would not have met without her nudge. We fell in love the day we first met and we’ve been married ever since. Cassindy is our trusted friend for life!

    K.S. & B.N.

    Matched Couple

    Married

Featured In

NBC News Daily — Oct 2025
Everybody needs to have a dating portfolio

NBC News Daily — Oct 2025 Everybody needs to have a dating portfolio

Business Insider — How a Goldman Sachs Banker Became One of America’s Top Asian Matchmakers

NEWSNATION — Feb 2026 — We need to be open to meeting someone special

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Years of setting up Great Dates

Years of setting up Great Dates

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Events & Gatherings

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Happily Ever Afters

Happily Ever Afters

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Luxury Matchmaking Services

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Get dating strategies and solutions to help improve your success. Ideal for post-divorce or difficult break-up situations, and unsuccessful dating patterns.

Personalised Strategy Sessions

Dating Profile Refinement

Ongoing Coaching & Support

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VIP Matchmaking

Our premier service offers quality bespoke introductions. In-depth and personalized process requires our dedication and resources on behalf of our clients.

Curated Bespoke Introductions

Curated Bespoke Introductions

Dedicated Matchmaker Relationship

Dedicated Matchmaker Relationship

Comprehensive Compatibility Review

Comprehensive Compatibility Review

Begin your journey to a meaningful and lasting connection

Begin your journey to a meaningful and lasting connection

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

Ready to make room for someone remarkable?

Ready to make room for someone remarkable?

We help our clients find extraordinary matches and often move beyond old expectations, stereotypes, habits and blockers and make sure they are ready for their last (and best) relationship.

We help our clients find extraordinary matches and often move beyond old expectations, stereotypes, habits and blockers and make sure they are ready for their last (and best) relationship.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love ("Service"). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love ("Service"). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love (“Service”). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love (“Service”). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.