LEAP – Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. Awards Celebration

Continuing our celebration of #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth, we are highlighting another API leader who will be honored on July 18th at the LEAP Leadership Awards Celebration! Today, the spotlight is on Wyman M. Fong, Vice Chancellor of Human Resources for the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District. Wyman is responsible for the administration of human resource functions at..

Confirmed for APAHE 2019 Conference — Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio

Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet / activist / scholar born and raised in Pālolo Valley to parents Jonathan and Mary Osorio. Heoli earned her PhD in English (Hawaiian literature) with the completion of her dissertation entitled: “(Re)membering ʻUpena of Intimacies: A Kanaka Maoli Moʻolelo Beyond Queer Theory.” Currently, Heoli is an..

CONFIRMED SPEAKER FOR 2019 APAHE CONFERENCE – SHENG THAO

Proud to have newly elected Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao @ the 2019 APAHE national conference. "Thao (is) the first Hmong woman elected to a city council post anywhere in California." "SHENG THAO comes from humble beginnings. One of four daughters of asylum seekers from the Vietnam War, she is a member of a tight..

CONFIRMED SPEAKER FOR 2019 APAHE CONFERENCE – RUBY IBARRA

Proud to have Ruby Ibarra partner with us at the APAHE 2019 conference. Born in the Philippines, Ruby spent the first 4 years of her life in Tacloban City before her family eventually settled in San Lorenzo, California. Submerged in the melting pot of the Bay Area, Ruby's adolescent years introduced her to a wide..