Faafetai mo le foai atu i le Komisi a Amerika Asia!
Pacific Islander Coordinator
Brissa Hunter (she/her), a passionate advocate for Pacific Islanders, leverages her unique background as an Indigenous Chamorro, Palauan, Yapese, and American woman and academic pursuits to serve as the Pacific Islander Coordinator for the AAPI Commission. Brissa is currently pursuing a Business Marketing degree at Simmons University. She comes from the sun-kissed shores of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands and brings a deep understanding of Pacific Islander experiences and challenges to the Commission. Driven by a desire to bridge cultural divides and advocate for her community and environmental causes, Brissa is excited to assist in building inclusive procedures and policies to make a significant impact on the AAPI Commission and the Pacific Islander community. In her free time, she enjoys swimming and snorkeling in Saipan’s pristine waters, watching films, and exploring Boston.
Western Massachusetts Coordinator
Evan Owens (he/him) grew up on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and currently studies Linguistics, Portuguese, and Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He works as a research assistant in the Language, Intersensory Processing, and Speech (LIPS) Lab and the Sound Interfaces Lab, where he researches speech perception and language acquisition of multilingual youth. He also serves as the President of the Humanities and Fine Arts Student Leadership Group as well as an Event Coordinator for the Japanese Students Association. Evan is passionate about language policy and planning, especially when it comes to accessibility and education. After graduating, he hopes to go back to Hawai’i to pursue a Ph.D. in Language Documentation and Revitalization.
Gary Yu is a senior media personality and political activist. In 2016, he founded Boston International Media Consulting Inc. Four years later, he established Boston Asian Radio and TV, a station dedicated to the lives and interests of Asians. Gary Yu is a senior media personality. He also served as a producer and host of ATV, BNN TV, and Quincy Access Television (QATV), and a reporter for World Journal, World Journal Weekly, and other publications.
In addition, he contributed to the election campaigns of Boston Mayor Michele Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey. He is currently the President of New England Chinese American Alliance, Co-President of the
Massachusetts Chapter of United Chinese Americans, and President of the Boston Chapter of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association. He also is Transition Team Member of State Auditor Diana
Dizoglio and Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden. In February 2023, He brought the community together to promote for unanimous approval Resolution in support of designating Lunar New Year as an official holiday in the City of Boston by the Boston City Council. In May 2023, He brought the community together to promote for the Governor of Massachusetts to sign the Proclamation designating May as AAPI Heritage Month in Massachusetts.
Ms. Ekta Srinivasa was born in Nepal and immigrated to the U.S. when she was ten. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her Master of Science in Nursing from Curry College. She obtained her Nursing Ph.D. in Health Policy and Population Health at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Ms. Srinivasa is the Founder of Improving Healthcare Culture, Inc. This nonprofit organization is established to provide resources to healthcare workers and healthcare organizations seeking strategies to mitigate the effects of workplace violence. Ms. Srinivasa is thrilled to be selected to serve in the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Commission. She hopes to contribute to the Commission’s goals meaningfully.
Faatonusili o Polokalama & Sailiiliga
Shubhecchha Dhaurali (she/her) received her BA in Community Health at Tufts University, graduating with summa cum laude honors, was the recipient of one of Tufts’ Presidential Awards for Civic Life, and inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society. Shubhecchha loves data analysis, generating new project ideas, leading sustainable and innovative research, and bringing communities together to eradicate health disparities. She values kind, nurturing, and human-centered approaches to leadership and building mentoring relationships.
Shubhecchha is an aspiring physician scientist with a dedication to improving health outcomes through scholarship, research, ethical leadership, and advocacy.
Outside of work, Shubhecchha loves writing narrative stories, reading fantasy and thriller novels, watching Mike Flanagan’s works, learning to cook Nepalese cuisine, and spending time with family members, especially my two puppies.
Executive Communications Specialist
Anne Lizette Sta. Maria (she/her) uses communications to serve communities and causes.
In college, Lizette gravitated towards experiences in higher education and nonprofits. She became heavily involved in her campus community, creating digital communications content for several UMass Amherst entities, including UMass Admissions, the School of Public Policy, and UMass Smart About Money — a peer-to-peer financial literacy program.
A summer 2021 internship took her to Washington D.C., where she worked as a Media and Storytelling Intern for refugee assistance agency Church World Service. Later that year, Lizette co-founded the UMass Amherst Filipino Student Association. She graduated summa cum laude in May 2022 with a double major in Communication and Journalism, and a concentration in Public Relations.
Lizette’s gap year took her to New Haven, San Francisco, and the Philippines, where she proposed a student engagement plan for Yale University’s Annual Fund, promoted high impact community events in the SOMA Pilipinas neighborhood, and reconnected with her ancestral homeland, respectively.
Her most recent commitment was with the The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, where, through writing alumni profiles, she had the honor of bringing to light the stories of alumni doing incredible social justice work.
In her free time, Lizette enjoys the health benefits of daily walks, herbal teas, and a regular gratitude practice. She is proud to come from a first-generation immigrant background. And she is excited to join this team to work towards the full social, economic, and political integration of all AAPI residents of Massachusetts.
Moana Bentin is Senior Associate Director of Identity-Based alumni communities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A proud Samoan tamaitai, she is an advocate for underserved and underrepresented communities. Her Cambridge home serves as a base for Pacific Island students studying in Greater Boston.
A descendant of the Seuamuli family in Fagamalo Savaii and Sa Aiono from Fasitoouta, Moana’s journey started from the village of Magiagi, through the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, and eventually settled in Cambridge, MA.
Moana is currently serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC) and Moderator of the Executive Council of First Church in Cambridge. She is the mother of two Samoan-Irish-Americans and human to two cats; Tama and Toa.
Tuyet Tran, LICSW, a refugee from Vietnam, holds a master’s degree in social work from Boston College and an undergraduate degree in psychology from Emmanuel College. She brings 30 years of progressive leadership in the design and delivery of public health and social services, including serving as Director of Integrated Care at Community Healthlink for 18 years during which she was recognized by the Worcester Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 “rising star” in the Worcester community. For the past 5 years, Ms. Tran led the Community Partner Program at the Behavioral Health Partners of Metrowest (BHPMW) where she helped to design a multiregional integrated care coordination program as part of the MA Executive Office of Health and Human Service’s DSRIP Demonstration Project.
Ms. Tran has lived in Worcester since June of 2000. At that time, she and a small group of community members came together to advocate for social and health care access for members of the Southeast Asian community. Ms. Tran served as SEACMA Board Chair and Acting Director for the first few years of its founding and continued to support the organization as a board member and supporter for many years after. She was instrumental in steering SEACMA from its inception into a viable community organization and has recently returned as Executive Director to once again lead the organization into the next chapter.
Assistant Youth Coordinator
Taitai Faamaopoopo o Aiaiga Faavae ma Fesootaiga
O Diana Li o se tamaitiiti aoga i le tausaga lona tolu i le Iunivesite o Massachusetts i Amherst, lea o loo ia tulitulimatagauina ai se faailoga i le gagana Peretania ma le Gagana. Sa galue o ia i le Asosi o Tamaiti Aoga Asia-Amerika a le UMass talu mai lona tausaga muamua i le lotoa, ma o loo galue nei o se failautusi. O ona naunautaiga e aofia ai le fautuaina o tagata Asia-Amerika, aiaiga faavae/fesootaiga, tusi faitau a tagata malaga, ma le tusitusi fatufatuai.
Taitai Faamaopoopo Risone
O Hannah Ku (o ia/o ia) o le Taitai Faamaopoopo Risone o Tagata Faataitai mo le Komisi AAPI. Sa faauu o ia mai le Iunivesite o Pittsburgh i le 2021 ma se BA i le Talafaasolopito, o se tamaitiiti laitiiti i le faa-Saina,
ma se tusi faamaonia i suesuega i Asia i Sasae. O le taimi nei, o ia o se tamaitiiti aoga matuaofaiva o loo suesue i le talafaasolopito o Amerika Asia, talafaasolopito lautele, ma suesuega taua mo le vaetamaina.
O Hana o se tagata Saina e sili atu i atunuu na vaetamaina e se aiga Korea na malaga mai. E matua faananau lava o ia i taumafaiga AAPI activist i avanoa faaakatemia ma nofoaga faitele. Ua matua fiafia lava Hana e galulue faatasi ma le Komisi AAPI ma tulimatai atu i le fesoasoani ma le fautuaina faatasi ma le nuu AAPI i Massachusetts.
O Soomin Lee (o ia/o ia) o se tagata matua i le Aoga Commonwealth i Boston. O loo ia fuafua e faia se a'oga i le saienisi o le mafaufau ma/po o le mafaufau i le kolisi, ma e ono itiiti lava se mea e mafai ona fai i le soifua maloloina lautele po o aiaiga faavae o le soifua maloloina. E naunau o ia e faafesootaia le le tutusa o ituaiga i le tausiga faalesoifua maloloina, faapea foi ma le tautala atu e uiga i tauiviga ma aafiaga o tagata Asia-Amerika e ala i ana tala ma solo. I le avea ai ma se tagata Korea-Amerika o le augatupulaga muamua, ua faapitoa lava lona fiafia e faaauau pea ona suesue i lona aganuu ma lona faasinomaga e ala i lenei fiafia e tusitusi.
Ua fiafia lava Soomin e avea ma se vaega o le Aufono a le Autalavou ma faaauau pea ona lagolagoina nuu AAPI i Massachusetts. A le pisi o ia i le aoga po o mataupu faaopoopo, o le a e iloa ai o loo taumafai o ia e maua lana lisi e le muta e faitau ai, galue malosi, pe faaaluina le tele o tupe i faleoloa o kofe taugata.
O Amy Zhou (o ia/o ia/o ia) o loo aoga i le taimi nei i le aoga maualuga i Cambridge Rindge ma le Aoga Latina ma ua faailoa mai o se tagata Amerika Saina e le talitonu i le faa-Queer, ma lona lua. O ia o se tagata e nofo i Cambridge i lona olaga atoa ma ua tele tausaga o auai i le faia o faiga faatino i le lotoifale. O Loo avea nei Amy ma se Komesina i le Komisi a Massachusetts i le Autalavou LGBTQ+ ma o se sui o le Aufono Faaleautaitai a Tamaiti Aoga a Massachusetts GSA. A le faia e ia se galuega fautua, e masani ona faitau, tusitusi, pe taalo i le frisbee sili.
E i ai se naunautaiga loloto o Amy mo le aoaoina, aemaise lava le talafaasolopito—e i ai lava i taimi uma se isi mea e tatau ona iloa ma fesootai atu i le taimi nei ma le lumanai. Ua tuuto atu o ia i le faaaogaina o le talafaasolopito ma aoaoga e avea o ni meafaigaluega mo le agaalofa, mausali, faamalosia, tetee, ma le faasaolotoina.
O Maggie (o ia/i latou) o loo avea nei ma se tagata matua i le Aoga Maualuga a Milton o le ua faamoemoe e avea ma se tagata e matuaofaiva i le Saienisi Faaupufai. E naunau lava Maggie e faamalosia taumafaiga o le faamau faalemalo ma le DEI i lona nuu ma o le a faaauau pea ona avea ma se sui o le Aufono a le Autalavou. I ona taimi avanoa, e fiafia o ia e auai i tauvaga o finauga, tafafao ma manu, ma taaalo i taaloga vitiō.
O Will Hesp (o ia/o ia) o se tamaitiiti laitiiti i le aoga maualuga e auai i le Aoga Noble ma Greenough. E tupuga mai o ia i ituaiga o tagata ona sa fanau lona tina i Iapani, ma sa fanau lona tama i Egelani. Na te maua musumusuga mai ona tulaga faaleaganuu faaleatunuu uma e lua, o le mea lea na taitai atu ai o ia e fiafia e lagolagoina nuu uma o loo avea ai o ia ma se vaega. E fiafia o ia i ituaiga eseese o tagata, e faaopoopo atu i naunautaiga mo le tusitala, taaloga, ma le lagolagoina o le nuu o AAPI. Ua fiafia o ia e auai i le Aufono a le Autalavou AAPI i sini e pei o le faalauiloaina o vaega o tagata Asia ua tuulafoaiina.
O lo'u igoa o Sofia Hom ma ou te fiafia i le aoaoina lea e taitai atu ai au i le alofa ma le galulue faatasi ma le suesueina o manatu fou. Ou te fiafia e auai i aoga, kalapu, ma taaloga, ma o le a ou ofoina atu pea la'u fesoasoani i soo se tasi.
O Dr. Marilyn Park o se tagata Korea-Amerika e le talitonu i le faailoga lanu, o lē e fiafia i galuega e tetee ai i faailoga lanu i le vaega o le soifua maloloina o le mafaufau. O loo latou auauna atu i le Iunaite Setete o se Taitaiau Lutena i le Tautua o le Soifua Maloloina Lautele. O le taimi nei, o loo faamautu i latou i le Matagaluega o Mataupu mo Tagata Matutua i Boston (VA) o loo galulue o se fomai o le mafaufau faatino e taulimaina ia Tagata o le Au Paia o loo i ai vaisu. A o lei oo i le VA, sa avea Dr. Park ma supavaisa o polokalama i le Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) mo le silia i le 18 tausaga, e auauna atu i le faitau aofai o tagata matutua ua vaivai ma tuulafoaiina o tagata matutua ua faafalepuipuiina. E taumafai Dr. Park e avea ma sui o suiga i lo latou vaega o faatosinaga. A o i ai i le BOP, sa latou fatuina ma faatinoina ni aoaoga e tetee ai i faailoga lanu mo fomai ma tagata aoaoina e iloa ai le le tutusa o mea, iloilo ai le aafiaga o le faatulagaga o le faailoga lanu, ma faalauiloa ai faiga e tetee ai i faailoga lanu i le taulimaina o se faitau aofai e matuai faaitiitia ma vaivai.
Sa auauna atu ma le mitamita Dr. Park i le taulaga o le Equity Task Force a Natick. O la latou galuega na aofia patino ai le iloiloina o komiti e tele e faatatau i le DEI a le alalafaga, lea na taitai atu ai i le faatuina o se tofiga o le Ofisa Sili o Eseesega mo le taulaga o Natick. Sa matuai fiafia lava Dr. Park i le siitiaina o le leo o le nuu AAPI i Natick, o le vaega aupito tele lea o ituaiga o tagata i le taulaga, ae e itiiti lava se aafiaga i le malo o le taulaga. E taumafai Dr. Park ia mautinoa ua lagona e tagata AAPI le mana e auai ai i le malo ma le taitaiga i avanoa o nuu, ma e lagolagoina ma le le faavaivai tagata o le alalafaga AAPI ina ia i ai ni nofoa i laulau e faia ai faaiuga.
Ua faaaoga e Bethany Li se faataitaiga o le faiga o loia e tau ai mo le faamasinoga tonu i nuu o Amerika Asia ma faalautele ai le tulaga tutusa o ituaiga. I le faaaogaina o se faiga mataalia ma le tele o itu i le galulue faatasi ai ma le au faatulagaina o nuu, ua faamasinoina ai e Petania ia mataupu ma taitaia galuega fautua i le tele o mataupu tau i aia tatau faalemalo, e aofia ai fale ma le faaaunuua, aia tatau a tagata faigaluega, malaga mai, tulaga tutusa o aoaoga, faaaogaina o gagana, ma solitulafono o le inoino. O Petania o se sui o nuu o Asia Sautesasae o loo tauivi ma le aveesea mai le atunuu, e aofia ai le ulua'i tagata Amerika Kemupotia na toe fo'i atu i le Talafatai i Sasa'e ina ua uma ona aveesea mai le atunuu. I le galulue faatasi ai ma le au faatulagaina o nuu, sa ia gaosia faatasi ai le ata soifuaga "Keep Saray Home" e uiga i aiga o Asia Sautesasae o loo tauivi ma le aveesea o tagata mai le atunuu. Sa avea o ia ma se faufautua i se taumafataga Vaegatuufaatasi o faalapotopotoga ma aiga e tele ituaiga o tagata na faasalaveia se faamasinoga e lagolago ai le suiga o Aoga Faalemalo a Boston i aiaiga o suega. Ua manumalo Petania i le faitau miliona o totogi i tua mo tagata faigaluega e maualalo le totogi i le ala savali i Matusasae. Sa ia taitaia ni taumafaiga eseese e faateleina ai le mauaina e tagata Amerika Asia e maualalo tupe maua ma le gagana Peretania. Sa ia lolomiina foi se lipoti o loo faamaumauina ai le faaleleia o tagata Chinatown i le Talafatai i Sasae ma taialaina le faalauiloaina o le RAISE, le uluai vaega a le autalavou Amerika Asia e leai ni pepa o faamatalaga i le Talafatai i Sasae. Na amata e Petania lana galuega faaloia i le AALDEF o se uso o le Faamasinoga Tonu Tutusa ma se loia a le aufaigaluega. Ona ia aoaoina lea ma vaavaaia ia mataupu i le Falemai o le Tautua Faaletulafono a le Aoga Faaloia a Yale o le Robert M. Cover Fellow. Sa avea foi Petania ma Faatonusili o le Iunite o le Asia Outreach i le Greater Boston Legal Services. Sa aoao atu Petania o se polofesa lagolago i le Kolisi a Hunter i aia tatau faalemalo a Amerika Asia ma le tulafono. Na faauu Petania mai le Nofoaga Autu o faaloia a le Iunivesite o Siaosi Taunoa ma le Kolisi a Esetete. E galue o ia i le Komiti Tumau o le Faamasinoga Sili a Massachusetts mo le Soifua Lelei ma le Task Force a le Kovana o Massachusetts mo Solitulafono o le Inoino.
Vice Chair
O Saatvik Ahluwalia o se maketi faafuainumera ua manumalo i taui o le pule sinia o le faalauiloaga i zebra tekinolosi ma le faatonu o fesootaiga faafuainumera i Asia Texans mo le faamasinoga tonu. O ia o se Uso o Leo o Tagata Lautele o le Galuega Faatino o le OpEd ma o se Sui Fou o le Aufono Faaletaitai. O ana galuega ua aofia ai i le Boston Globe, Austin American-Statesman, Austin NPR, MS. Magazine, ma isi mea. Sa ia manumalo i se Taui Platinum MarCom, mauaina taui o le tautala i nofoaga faitele e ala i le Toastmasters International, tauva i le tele o siamupini o siva Bollywood, ma sa faamatalaina i le tusi "Those Immigrants!: Indians in America: A Psychological Exploration of Achievement" saunia e le tusitala o Scott Haas.
Komesina
Christopher O Huang o se tagata pueata ma se tagata pue vitio e i ai sona poto masani tele i le fatuina o ni tala vaaia e aafia ai. E galulue o ia ma tusiata, tagata lautele, taitai, kamupani, taitai o le tulaga C, faipisinisi, faiaoga, tagata faapolokiki, tagata faafiafia, faalapotopotoga, ma tamaiti aoga, faatasi ai ma isi, e pueina a latou tala.
Na ola ae Christopher ma le iloaina o le faanoanoa ma le leaga o le faamatalaina o tala i Amerika Asia ma Asia e le sao, i se auala e faaleagaina ai tagata, e ala i se pisinisi o ala o faasalalauga ma faafiafiaga lea e pulea e alii papae. O le oo i lenei mea na atiina ae ai lona agaalofa mo isi tagata tuufua ma le le faaletagata, ma uunaia ai o ia e faamatala ma le faaeteete ma le sao nei tala ma se vaai auiliili mo faamatalaga auiliili. O na aafiaga ua uunaia ai o ia e faaauau pea ona fatuina ni alalaupapa faaleaganuu i le va o nuu.
O nisi o mea na faamamafa i lana galuega e aofia ai le faafaigaluegaina e pueina nisi o tagata o ala o faasalalauga lautele i Amerika Asia o e na fesoasoani e musuia o ia e tulitulimatagauina se ala fatufatuai. E faapitoa lava lona mitamita i le musuia o tagata faamatala tala talavou o le POC e pulea a latou lava tala.
E tuuina atu foi e Christopher ni lauga autu ma taitaiina ni mafutaga faaleaoaoga i le fatuina o se taitaiga e sili atu ona agaalofa ma aoga i gagana o le tino, i le tulaga faaletagata ma fefaatauaiga o le faalapotopotoga, e faalauiloa ai se aganuu e faamamafaina ai le tulaga tutusa, faaaofia ai, ma le auai. E oo lava foi ia i latou o e faia le laasaga autu o le talanoa e uiga i le taua o le DEIB ma faaali atu ata e i ai "eseesega" i le faailoga o a latou faalapotopotoga, lea e le o se mea e taatele e pei ona tatau ai, e masani lava ona i ai se motusia manino o mea latou te fai atu ai ma tusitusi ai e faatusatusa i mea latou te faailoa atu i le gagana o le tino.
E mafai ona vaaia lana galuega i le christopherhuang.com
Komesina
Sa faataitai e Jennifer Rubin le tulafono o galuega ma galuega talu mai lona faauuga mai le Aoga Faaloia a le UCLA. Sa maua uma e MS. Rubin lana B.A. ma lana J.D. mai le UCLA. O ia o se tasi o le Setete o Bars of Massachusetts, Kalefonia, ma Uosigitone, D.C. O ia foi o se tasi o le au faamasino o le Faamasinoga o Apela a le Iunaite Setete mo le D.C. Circuit, First Circuit, Second Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, ma le Ninth Circuit.
O MS. Rubin o se tusitala-soa o le "Tulafono o le FaailogaLanu o Galuega" i le "Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law: A Manual for Attorneys Representing the Labor Movement" (2008 ma le 2009 eds). Sa faiaoga MS. Rubin i semina, auai i vaega, ma taitaia talanoaga e uiga i sootaga faigaluega ma feutagaiga o konekarate. Sa avea foi o ia ma se faamasino faafaamasinoga mo le Faamasino o le Itu a le malo o Robert M. Takasugi o le Faamasinoga a le Itu a le Iunaite Setete mo le Itu Tutotonu o Kalefonia. I le 2014, sa faaigoaina ai MS. Rubin o se loia maoae o Massachusetts Rising Star i Boston Magazine ma ua lisiina i le loia a tamaitai pito i luga i Massachusetts i le mekasini a Boston mo le 2015 ma le 2016.
A o lei faigaluega i Massachusetts, sa faigaluega Jennifer i se kamupani i Uosigitone, D.C., lea sa avea ai o ia ma sui o faatasiga faigaluega a le atunuu ma le lotoifale i le feutagaiga o konekarate, faamasinoga, faamasinoga, ma faamasinoga.
I ona taimi avanoa, e fiafia MS. Rubin e tusi tusi i lima ma asiasi i lona ofisa o le meli i le lotoifale (e leai sana faitotoa o le Facebook, Twitter, po o le Instagram ma e musu e lafoai lana pepa fuafua).
Komesina
O Amy Goh (o ia/o ia) o se sui Faamaonia o le Tausimai-Faatosaga ma le PhD. O ia foi o se Faiaoga Lagolago i le polokalama Faatosaga a le Iunivesite o Thomas Jefferson. I le avea ai ma se tamaitiiti o tagata malaga mai Korea i Saute, o lana galuega ua sefulu tausaga o se faatosaga i le eria o Boston, sa taulai atu i le tuuina atu o le tausiga lelei faatosaga mo nuu o tagata malaga ma nuu lanu. Talu ai nei lava na ia maua ai se foai e faia ai se iloiloga o taunuuga o fanau mai Amerika Asia mai le Perinatal Data Registry a le Asosi o Nofoaga Autu o Fanau mai Amerika. A o lei faia lana galuega faatosaga, sa galue Amy e faaleleia ma malamalama lelei i le lavelave o le soifua maloloina ma aia tatau i nuu i le lalolagi atoa. Ina ua maea lana galuega o se Volenitia o le Peace Corps i Cape Verde, sa ia faamaeaina lana suesuega MPhil i le Atinaega Faavaomalo i vaega faaagafesootai-faaupufai o le olaga faaletino o tina i Pasila. O Amy o se uso o le Kolisi a Amerika o Faatosaga-Tausimai ma o loo i ai i le Fono Faatonu o le Asosi o Nofoaga Autu o Fanau Mai a Amerika. Sa avea muamua o ia ma se tagata o le Soifua Maloloina Faapitoa e ala i le Cambridge Health Alliance's Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy ma sa avea muamua ma se Duke-Johnson ma Johnson Nurse Leadership Fellow.
Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Pulega ma Aiaiga Faavae
Benjamin Wang (He/Him) is the Governance & Policy Coordinator of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Asian American & Pacific Islanders Commission. Benjamin identifies as a second-generation Chinese American and grew up in Northern Virginia. He graduated from New York University in May 2022, where he studied Political Science and minored in Creative Writing. He specialized in contemporary Chinese Political Philosophy and wrote his Senior Thesis, titled Internal and External Factors in the Evolution of “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”. Throughout undergrad he was also interested in and took a number of classes related to digital media and technology art. Benjamin is currently in law school at New England Law | Boston.
Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Autalavou
Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Autalavou
Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Soifua Maloloina Lautele ma le Pasefika
O Siale Vaitohi Teaupa (o ia/o ia) na faauu mai le Iunivesite o Polika Iaga i le 2018 ma se B.S. i Physiology & Developmental Biology. O Siale o se tamaitiiti aoga faafomai i le Aoga Faafomai a le Iunivesite o Iuta, ae o loo alu nei i le 1-tausaga o toesea ina ia maua se faailoga o le Matuaofaiva i le Soifua Maloloina Lautele i le Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. A o i ai le faamamafa o lana polokalama o le MPH i le Aiaiga Faavae o le Soifua Maloloina, o le a galulue Siale ma le poloaiga e faailoa manaoga o loo i ai nei i le nuu o AAPI, aemaise lava le taulai atu i mataupu e faatatau i le soifua maloloina. I le maea ai o le polokalama o le MPH, o le a toe foi atu Siale i le aoga faafomai i Iuta ma talosaga atu i polokalama o le Internal Medicine residency.
I le avea ai ma se tamaitai Toga ma Latina, e fiafia lava Siale e galue i nuu i lalo ifo o le 100 tausaga. Sa nofo o ia i Filipaina mo le sefuluvalu masina o se volenitia tumau mo le Ekalesia a Iesu Keriso o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai. Sa taitaia mulimuli ane e Siale se malaga e 1 masina o fesoasoaniga alofa i Kuatemala. I le fale, o loo toaga Siale i le nuu Polenisia o loo auauna atu i le tele o faalapotopotoga a le alalafaga e pei o le Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition ma le Utah Polynesia Professionals lea sa ia taitaia ai le tele o polokalama o le aapa atu, aemaise lava i le taimi o le Covid-19 Pandemic. O Siale o se tasi foi o tagata na fatuina ma o loo avea nei ma Peresitene o Pasifikas in Medicine, o se faalapotopotoga e faufautua i tamaiti aoga o le Pasefika e fiafia e saili ni vailaau faafomai. E fiafia o ia i le soifua mālōlōina ma le faateleina o le aofa'i o tagata a'oga e eseese o latou lanu i le faasaienisi o le soifua mālōlōina.
Policy & Communications Director
Jennifer Best (she/her) graduated from Tufts University in May 2022, where she studied Political Science, International Relations, and History. She specialized in migration, 20th century history, activism, and national security. She spent her senior year writing her Senior Honors Thesis in Political Science, titled Youth Activism: Who Becomes Involved in Youth Activism and Why? A look into the demographics and opinions of youth activists in comparison to older activists. She used statistical analysis to determine the effects that race, gender, education, and income had on participation in activism among 60,000 respondents, in addition to fielding a survey of former Ed Markey for U.S. Senate Campaign Fellows. Throughout her studies, she prioritized investigating and highlighting the real world effects of policies, regimes, and events on normal people, rather than just political elites.
E i ai le poto masani o Jennifer i le lagolagoina e ala i faalauiloaga ma i le malo. Sa faigaluega o ia o se Tagata Faataitai i Aiaiga Faavae ma Fesootaiga mo le Sui o le Setete o MA o Erika Uyterhoeven, lea sa ia tusia ai molimau, fatuina ma faatinoina faalauiloaga o fesootaiga, sailiili i aiaiga faavae, galue i le paketi, ma le tele o isi mea. Sa galue foi o ia i le tele o faalauiloaga e faavae i Massachusetts, e aofia ai le Hicks mo le Faatosinaga a le Aufono a le Aai e Ono o Boston, lea sa avea ai o ia ma se Tagata o Mea Tautupe ma Mea e Fai, e faaopoopo atu i le tusiaina o tulaga aloaia o aiaiga faavae mo le sui tauva. Sa galue foi o ia o se Tagata o le Fanua ma Fesootaiga i le Ed Markey mo le Faatosinaga a le Senate a le I.S., lea sa ia faaaluina ai le tele o itula e tusi ai lauga ma saunoaga mo le Senate, faia ni gaoioiga patino ma faafoliga, ma aoaoina le faitau selau o volenitia. O le a aumaia e Jennifer lona malamalama i fesootaiga ma fautua e ala i auala e faavae i totonu o le malo ma le malo faaopoopo i lana galuega i le Komisi AAPI.
A le faigaluega Jennifer, e mafai ona e iloa ai o loo aafia o ia i le faatinoga, kukaina o se fua fou, pe faapupuu i se tusi lelei. Ua fiafia lava o ia e auai i se au faananau faapena ma faaauau pea ona lagolagoina nuu AAPI i Massachusetts.
Faatonusili o Polokalama & Sailiiliga
O Esther Hwi-Young Kim (she/hers) o le Faatonu o le Polokalama & Research o le Commonwealth o Massachusetts Asia American & Pacific Islanders Commission. Ua faailoa mai e Eseta o se augatupulaga lona lua o tagata Korea Amerika o le na ola ae i le itu i saute i sasae o Massachusetts i le laueleele o tagata Wompanoag. O lana malaga faalegaluega e aofia ai le faia o ni pulou se tele e avea ma faufautua, faiaoga o le K-12, ma le taitai faamaopoopo o polokalama e le o ni tagata o le Ekalesia, ma e mitamita o ia i le avea ai ma se fautua tuuto mo le autalavou ma le nuu, faatasi ai ma se taulaiga faapitoa i avanoa o le tuufaatasia o avanoa e auai ai ma siitia ai talafaasolopito o tagata taitoatasi ma tagata uma o tauiviga ma le tetee.
I le Iunivesite o Tufts, sa taulai atu ai Eseta i ana suesuega i le atiina ae o le tamaitiiti ma suesuega i le va o le ituaiga o tagata, ma sa ia tusia le talafaasolopito o lona aiga e avea o se nofoaga e ulufale atu i ai e amata ai ona sailiili i le auala na mamanuina ai e malosiaga o femalagaaiga, pulega faakomunisi, sauaga, ma mafatiaga le sootaga i le va o tagata o lona aiga i Korea muamua ma le tagata lava ia. I le taimi lea, na faailoa atu ai fo'i iā Esther le faamaopoopoina o tagata o le nuu e ala i le Polokalame o le Suia o le Atunuu mo le Faamaopoopoina o Amerika i Asia ma le Civic Engagement. I le avea ai ma se Tagata e Faia ni Suiga i le Fatu, sa fesootai ai Esther i le Asosi o le Alualu i Luma o Saina – Boston ma sa lagolagoina le polokalama faaleautaitai a le Autalavou Saina i le taumafanafana.
Ina ua uma ona faauu mai le kolisi ma faigaluega faavaomalo i le K-12 aoga ma matafaioi o le pulega o polokalama o se vaega o le Komisi a Fulbright Korea, sa faaauau pea ona faamaea e Esther le Tusi Faamaonia o Suesuega Maualuga (C.A.S.) i le polokalama o le Fautuaga i le Aoga Faauu a Harvard, lea sa ia atiina ae ai ona tomai fautuaina ma sa filifilia ai o ia e ana uo ma faiaoga e maua le Taui o le Intellectual Contribution i le 2018. Mo le tolu tausaga ua mavae, sa faigaluega ai o ia o se vaega o le aufaigaluega faufautua a le Aoga Maualuga a Lexington ma sa ia lagolagoina foi le galulue faatasi o tamaiti aoga e faatatau i taumafaiga a le DEI, suesuega i le va o ituaiga, ma le tali atu i manaoga o le alalafaga e tusa ai ma le COVID-19. Ua fiafia lava Esther e galulue faatasi ma le Komisi ma ona sui e faamanatu ma faalauiloa le soifua manuia o nuu o AAPI i Massachusetts atoa.
Komesina
O Dr. Leo L. Hwang o le Fesoasoani Academic Dean i le Kolisi o Saienisi Faanatura i le Iunivesite o Massachusetts, Amherst. E faapitoa lava le fiafia o Dr. Hwang i le faaaogaina o se suesuega faavaitaimi o le faatinoga ma aseta e faavae i le atiina ae o le nuu e avea o se faataitaiga mo le faaleleia atili o le auala tatou te auai ai i galuega o le faamasinoga o le faailogalanu i aoaoga maualuluga atu. Na maua lona Ph.D. i le Iunivesite o Massachusetts i Geosciences, o se tusi mai le Iunivesite o Massachusetts i Amherst, ma lana B.A. i le faa - Peretania ma le Fine Arts mai le Iunivesite o le itu i Saute.
O lana galuega o loo faaalia i le The Racial Equity & Justice Institute Practitioner Handbook, The Handbook of Diverse Economies, Human Being & publications, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and the, Route Nine, Re thinking Marxism, Solidarity the I: Building Alternatives for People and the, Meat for Tea, The Massachusetts Review, Glimmer Train Stories, Glimmerdell, Fiction, Gulf Coast ma isi api talaaga ma lomiga. Sa faiaoga o ia i le Iunivesite o Massachusetts, Ameresi; Kolisi o le Mauga o Holyoke; Kolisi a Greenfield Community; ma le Iunivesite o le Setete o Westfield; ma sa avea o ia ma Dean o Humanities, Engineering, Math, ma le Science i le Kolisi o Greenfield Community.
Faatonu Sili
Yasmin Padamsee Forbes is a dedicated advocate for change and community empowerment. As a first-generation student, immigrant, and a devoted single mother to her daughter, she brings a unique perspective to her work, fueled by her commitment to social justice, human rights, and climate change activism.
In her role as the Executive Director of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Commission in Massachusetts, Yasmin demonstrates exceptional strategic planning, management, and resource mobilization skills. Working closely with commissioners, she has fostered an
environment of collaboration, ensuring that the collective efforts of the Commission make a meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of those it serves.
She has previously served in senior leadership roles with non-profits and the United Nations in Papua New Guinea, India, Lao PDR, Burma, and the United States. With a wealth of experience in leadership roles, Yasmin deeply understands the importance of cross-cultural collaboration and building robust partnerships for significant change. She holds a Masters in Communications and Film Production from New York University, where she received a scholarship, and a second Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Yasmin’s impactful contributions have garnered significant recognition, notably the 2019 All- Star Award from the Harvard Kennedy School. This honor was awarded to acknowledge her exceptional work in curating, fundraising, and organizing the LGBTQ film festival, “Pride and Progress”. Furthermore, Yasmin was honored with the esteemed 2018 Julius E. Babbitt Memorial Volunteer Award from Harvard, recognizing her outstanding efforts in organizing and fostering partnerships with Harvard alumni across the public and private sectors in Burma. Her remarkable achievements include orchestrating the most significant gathering across Asia, attended by an impressive 99% of Harvard alumni in Yangon during the visit of the Dean of HKS.
Beyond her professional achievements, Yasmin actively engages in community service as a Cambridge Human Rights Commission Commissioner. Committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, she collaborates with communities across Massachusetts, passionately striving to drive positive and sustainable change.
Komesina
O Ekta Saksena o se augatupulaga muamua o tagata Initia-Amerika, o se afafine mitamita o tagata malaga mai, o ni tagata e fiafia i le soifua maloloina, ma o se tagata e fiafia i le soifua maloloina o tagata lautele. Sa ola ae o ia i Massachusetts, faatasi ai ma ni sootaga malolosi i le nuu ma le aganuu a Initia i le lotoifale.
Na maua e Ekta lona faailoga o le Matuaofaiva i le Soifua Maloloina o le Va i Fafo mai le Aoga o le Soifua Maloloina o le Iunivesite o Columbia i le 2018 ma lona faailoga o le Bachelor i le Soifua Maloloina o le Soifua Maloloina ma le Va i Fafo mai le Iunivesite o Boston i le 2014. E tele lona tomai e faatatau i le tausiga o le soifua maloloina, fesootaiga lelei, ma suesuega e faavae i suesuega ma e matuai faananau lava i le faamasinoga tonu o le faailogalanu, malosiaga o tamaitai, soifua maloloina o le nuu, ma le soifua maloloina. I le avea ai o se foma'i o le soifua mālōlōina i le lautele, ua taumafai ai Ekta e faamuamua le faia o le mea sa'o ma le faamasinotonu i mea uma na te faia.
O le taimi nei, o Ekta o se Tagata Faapitoa Sinia o Fesootaiga o le Soifua Maloloina i le FHI 360, o se faalapotopotoga faavaomalo e le o ni tagata e le o ni tagata o le Ekalesia ua tuuto atu i le faaleleia o olaga i ni auala tumau e ala i le alualu i luma o ni vaifofo e le'i mafaufauina i le lotoifale. I le avea ai ma se vaega o le vaega o le Social Marketing & Communications, ua tuuina atu ai e Ekta se fuafuaga o fesootaiga ma le lagolago mo taumafaiga eseese e puipuia ai mai faama'i e ala i le Vaega o le CDC's Division of the, Physical Activity, ma le Faama'i. O loo galulue faatasi fo'i o ia i le tele o galuega o le faailogalanu, faatasi ai ma paaga i totonu ma fafo.
I le taimi muamua, sa galue ai Ekta i le Matagaluega o le Soifua Mālōlōina i Massachusetts, o se Tagata Tomai Faapitoa mo Fesoota'iga Tau i le Soifua Mālōlōina i totonu o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Mālōlōina ma le Puipuia o le Soifua Mālōlōina. I lana matafaioi, sa ia taulimaina ai taumafaiga uma tau fesootaiga o le soifua maloloina mo le tele o polokalama o le puleaina ma le puipuia o faama'i i le setete atoa, e aofia ai le ma'i suka, Hypertension, Cardiovascular disease, Stroke, ma le Community Health Workers. I lona taimi i le DPH, sa avea ai Ekta ma se taitai i totonu o le Matagaluega o le Pulega o le Equity, sa auauna atu o se tagata toaga o le au taitai/facilitator o le Vaega o Taitai o le Racial Equity, Racial Equity Strategic Planning Team, Racial Equity Policy Work Group, ma le Racial Justice Lunch & Learn.
Komesina
O le lagolago a Dimple mo Revere, Massachusetts e i le isi itu o tuaoi, vaega o tagata, ma tupulaga o tagata Revere. I le avea ai ma Faatonu o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina o nuu ma le Pule Faatonu o Revere On the Move, sa ia galulue ai ma tagata o le nuu, pisinisi, ma tagata o le siteki ina ia faateleina avanoa mo le ola mataalia, taumafa maloloina, faamau faalemalo, ma le taitaiga o le autalavou. O ia o se tagata faatoa faauu mai le Iunivesite o Tufts, faatasi ai ma se Matai i Aiaiga Faavae Lautele mai le polokalama o Aiaiga Faavae o le Siosiomaga ma le Siosiomaga. O le tautinoga a Dimple i le fausiaina o se Revere malosi, punouai, ma toaga ua faalautele atu foi i lana galuega o se siamupini o pisinisi laiti ma se taitai faalemalo ua leva ona i ai.
O Dimple o le tama'ita'i muamua lea o le lanu e tamo'e mo se tulaga maualuga i Revere. Sa tamoe o ia i le 2017 mo le 1 mai le 5 nofoa i le avea ai ma se Sui o le Aufono o le At-Large. O le a toe tamoe o ia i le 2019 ma e faamoemoe o le a filifilia o ia.
O se augatupulaga muamua o tagata Initia Amerika, sa ola ae Dimple i Revere, sa auai i aoga a le malo ma faigaluega i faleoloa laiti ma tutoatasi o lona aiga i le itu i Matu o Shore. I faleoloa, sa ia aoaoina ai le taua ma tauiviga o se pisinisi laitiiti a le aiga, mai le vaaiga tulaga ese o aiga e malaga mai. I le aoga maualuga, sa faigaluega o ia o se taitai o tupulaga i se faalapotopotoga a le autalavou lea na uunaia ai lona fiafia i le taitaiga ma le faatulagaina o le autalavou. Ina ua uma ona faauu mai le Iunivesite o Hofstra i le Community Health and Education i le 2002, sa toe foi atu o ia i Greater Boston ma avea ai ma se tagata e faatulagaina le alalafaga, sa galulue faatasi ma le tele o faalapotopotoga sa taulai atu i le puipuiga o le HIV/AIDS, ma le LBGTQ ma aia tatau a tagata malaga mai fafo.'
Mai le 2001 i le 2010, sa ia galue taitoatasi ai ma le veleina o vao ma faalapotopotoga o le pulega o le nuu o se tagata e faatulagaina ma taitai i le mataupu o le aveesea o tagata Kemupotia, o isi tagata e umia kata lanumeamata, ma tagata sulufai i totonu o le National and Anti-Deportation move.
I le 2012 sa ia toe foi atu ai i Revere ma faavaeina se faalapotopotoga faaleautaitai a le autalavou, Revere Youth in Action, lea sa galulue ai tagata talavou ina ia mautinoa ua latou maua ni avanoa e tuputupu ae ai, taitai, ma siitia se nuu saogalemu, ma aofia ai i Revere. I le 2016, na faaigoa ai e le Revere Chamber o Commerce lona faufautua o le Autalavou o le Tausaga.
I le 2013 sa ia auai atu ai i le fono faatonu a Tamaitai o loo Uunaia le Empowerment, Inc. lea o loo faaauau ai pea ona ia auauna atu o se Vice-Chair. E na o le pau lea o le faalapotopotoga i Revere e galulue faatasi ma tamaitai malaga ma tagata sulufai ma o latou aiga e ala i le faatulagaina, atiina ae o le taitaiga, ma le tuuina atu o auaunaga.
E lē gata i lea, i le 2016, na tofia ai o ia e le Failauga o le Maota o Robert DeLeo e avea ma faatonu i le Komisi a Massachusetts Asia ma le Pasefika. I le 2018, na avea ai o ia ma Failautusi o le AAPIC. O le taimi nei, o loo auauna atu Dimple i lana kuata lona lua i le AAPIC.
E alofa Dimple ma e matua tuuto atu i lona aiga, aemaise lava si ona tei laitiiti ma ona tei. E tilotilo atu Dimple i tagata matutua ma talavou o loo siomia o ia o e o loo faaauau pea ona tulei, fai fesili, luiina le tulaga quo, ma o ai le suiga tatou te mananao e vaai i ai i lo tatou lalolagi.
O lona manao mo le faatulagaina ma le suia o le vao e faaalia e ala i se upusii na tusia e Audre Lorde "Afai e le mafai ona ou eaina lenei tiga ma suia, e mautinoa lava o le a ou oti ai. O le amataga lena o le tetee faaagafesootai."
Komesina
O Megha Prasad o se tagata a'oga i le Iunivesite o Northe i sasa'e, o loo su'esu'eina faiga faapolotiki ma Pisinisi. I le avea ai ma se tupulaga lona lua o tagata Initia Amerika, sa ola ae Megha ma aafia i le tele o tauiviga o loo siomia ai le faasinomaga ma fetuunaiga lea e masani ona feagai ma aiga toalaiti. E ala i ana a'oa'oga, na ia masani ai i le tele o lomiga i le va o ituaiga ma tulafono a le malo, lea na uuna'ia ai o ia e auai i faiga faapolotiki.
Sa avea muamua o ia ma se tagata faigaluega faataitai ia Senator Ed Markey i lona ofisa i Uosigitone, MFF ma fesoasoani i lana taumafaiga e toe filifilia i le 2020. A o faateleina le poto masani o Megha i le tauiviga, sa oo foi ina ia iloa lelei ia faafitauli na aafia ai nuu o AAPI i le Commonwealth ma tulimatai atu i le sailia o ni auala e tulei ai mo le tulafono i le Maota o le Malo. O le mea muamua lava, e saili o ia e faaitiitia papupuni i le palota ma faia isi auaunaga lautele ia sili atu ona faigofie ona maua e tagata o loo aoaoina i le gagana Peretania. Talu ai nei lava, na galulue faatasi ai Megha ma isi tamaiti a'oga i le itu i mātū i sasa'e, ina ia faateleina le lagolagosua mo tagata AAPI i le a'oga. Na aofia ai i lenei mea le galulue faatasi ma taitai o le iunivesite e amata le atiina ae o se polokalama o Suesuega a Amerika Asia faapea foi ma le faateleina o le lagolago tautupe mo le Nofoaga Autu o Amerika Asia i le lotoa.
Ua fiafia Megha e amata lona tausaga lona lua i le Komisi a Tagata Asia o Amerika ma le Pasefika, ma maua ai le avanoa e ua'i atu ai i mataupu tau i le AAPI i le Commonwealth.
Komesina
O Nina Liang o le tagata muamua lea o le Aufono a le Aai o Saina-Amerika i lona nuu o Quincy. Sa soifua mai i Quincy ma tausia e ni matua ua malaga mai, sa ia oo muamua i luitau o loo feagai ma tamaiti ma aiga. I le aluga o tausaga, sa ia maua ai le avanoa e avea ai ma se vaega o faalapotopotoga a le alalafaga ua tuuto atu i le taulimaina o manaoga o i latou e fou i le gagana ma agaifanua o aganuu a Amerika. O le galue ai o se pule o le ofisa ma fesoasoani i le puleaina o le faagaoioiga ma le vaega o le faleaiga a lona aiga, ua i ai foi ia Nina le poto masani ma le vaaiga a se faipisinisi laitiiti, i le fatuina o galuega ma avanoa i nuu o loo latou faagaoioia ai. E malamalama Nina e manaomia ni taumafaiga tuufaatasi i nei faalapotopotoga i le lotoifale, pisinisi ma fale o auaunaga lautele ina ia taulimaina lelei ai manaoga o tagata eseese o Quincy.
Tagata o le Ekalesia i le Taimi o
O Dr. Gary Y. Chu o le Peresitene o Mataupu Faalematata i le Kolisi o Niu Egelani o Optometry. Sa ia maua lona faailoga o le Fomai o le Optometry (OD) mai le Kolisi o le New England o Optometry i le 1995 ma ona Matai o le Soifua Maloloina Lautele (MPH) i le 2002 mai le Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Ua silia ma le luasefulu-lima tausaga o i ai o ia i le aoga faataitai ma le aoaoina o le soifua maloloina, ma o loo aofia ai i le suiga o le vaaiga o mata, tausiga o le soifua maloloina ma le soifua maloloina o tagata lautele i lenei umi o le taimi. O Dr. Chu sa taulamua i le tausiga o mata e ala i le atiina ae o paaga galulue faatasi ma polokalama o le soifua maloloina, nofoaga autu o le soifua maloloina ua agavaa e le malo, ofisa o auaunaga faaagafesootai, malo i le lotoifale ma le setete, polokalama o aoga, tagata e totogi le soifua maloloina, pisinisi o le ophthalmic ma vaega o pule o galuega.
Sa aofia ai Dr. Chu i mataupu o le eseese, tutusa, faaaofia ai ma le auai mo le silia ma le sefulu tausaga ma sa auauna atu i le komiti eseese ma tomai faaleaganuu mo le Asosi o Aoga ma le Kolisi o Optometry (ASCO) mai le 2011-2020. O ia o le nofoa faavae o le ASCO's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) SIG ma sa avea ma Faatonu Sili mo le Journal of Optometric Education's theme issue e uiga i le eseesega ma le tomai faaleaganuu i le 2017. I le 2021, sa tauaaoina atu ai ia te ia le taui o le ASCO's Dr. Jack Bennett Innovation i Optometric Education Award.
Komesina
O Mary K. Y. Lee o se loia a le malo e faavae i Boston. O se tagata na malaga mai i le tupuaga o Initonesia-Chinese, o loo saili mo le manuia o tagata Amerika Asia o se tasi lea o ona tuinanau. Sa auauna atu o ia i le Komisi e Fuafua, Atiina Ae, ma Faatino ia Strategies e Lagolago ma Faalauiloa ai Faalapotopotoga o Fanua ma Auaunaga o Mea Tautupe i le Commonwealth; Vaega o le Co-Chaired, o le Asosi o le Pa'u o Boston; sa auauna atu i le Komiti Faufautua o le Faamasinoga o faamasinoga ma sa faaigoaina e le Super Lawyers mai le 2015-2019. O ia o se faiaoga masani i le Faalapotopotoga o le Atinaega o Nuu i Asia o Boston ma o se sui malosi o le Fono Faatonu o le Tautua a Elder Services i Boston Tutotonu.
O Nate e tolu tausaga lona lua o se tagata na tofia e avea ma ta'ita'i'au o le Attorney, ma na avea o ia ma sui o le AAPIC i le 2022.
I le gasologa o le galuega a Nate, sa ia galue muamua ai i le vaega e le sue tupe i faalapotopotoga faatasi ai ma misiona ua tuuto atu i le taulimaina o le faailogalanu ma le tamaoaiga e ala i aoaoga, atinaega faaletaitai, tausiga o le soifua maloloina ma le soifua maloloina o le mafaufau ma isi mea. Sa ia galue ma auauna atu i faalapotopotoga e pei o le YouthBuild USA, o le Inisitituti mo le Nonprofit Practice, Friends of the Children, The Institute for Asian American Studies, ma le Crescendo Consulting Group. O le taimi nei, o loo auauna atu Nate o se Faatonu o Polokalama a le Autalavou i le YouthBuild Just A Start, o se faalapotopotoga e galulue faatasi ma le autalavou a le aoga e faamaea a latou aoga maualuluga, fausia ni tomai o le saunia o galuega, faapea foi ma le taitaiga ma le atiina ae o matata.
Sa umia e Mr. Kupel le tele o tofiga faaletaitai i le alalafaga e aofia ai le avea ma Peresitene o Boston Korea Adoptees, Inc., Peresitene o le Faalapotopotoga o le Malo o Amerika Tele, ma o se sui o le Fono Faatonu o le Asosi Faavaomalo mo le Alualu i Luma o Vaega o Galuega Faaleagafesootai – Massachusetts. O le taimi nei, o ia o se sui o le fono faatonu o le Boston Post Adoption Resources.
I le 2021, sa tamoe ai Nate mo le Aai o le Fono a le Aai o Malden i le Uarota 8 ma e ui lava ina sa le'i maua se nofoa i luga o le aufono, ae sa avea ma meafaigaluega i le atiina ae ma le sootaga o le uluai Komisi o le Pulega a le Aai o Malden. O loo avea nei o ia ma sui o le Faalapotopotoga a Malden i le Aai o malden's Racial Equity Commission.
Na maua e Nate lana BA i le Sociology ma le Certificate i le Asian American Studies mai le Iunivesite o Massachusetts, Amherst ma o loo umia se Master of Social Work mai le Iunivesite o Simmons (lea na ta'ua muamua o le Simmons College), ma se Tusi Faamaonia i le Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the Institute for Nonprofit Practice, e fesootai ma le Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
O loo nofo nei Nate i Malden, Massachusetts ma lona faletua, o QJ ma le la pusi o Cookie Dough.
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O Betty Lim King (Chinese name: Kong Mei-ling) o le tusitala o le "Girl on a Leash: The Healing Power of Dogs, o se memoir faa-Saina" e uiga i le auala na avea ai ana tagata Saina o le Confucian ma se laina faaola i le kamupani o taifau ua tuulafoaiina. Sa ia tusia foi le "Faatomuaga ma a'u Dogs," "Mai Amerika i Aferika, Leo o Tamaitai Filipaina Overseas" e uiga i le auala e motusia ai e taifau ia papupuni o ituaiga, vasega, itupa, tapuaiga, faiga faaupufai, ma isi eseesega faaletagata, ma tatou fefaasoaai ai o tatou tagata i le tasi ma le isi.
O ia o se tagata na faavaeina le Vaega o le AAPI Action, o se tuufaatasiga o vaega eseese o tagata Asia Amerika ma le Pasefika o loo faalauiloaina se aganuu masani a Amerika e faavae i le le faamaoni, malamalama ma tagata. O ia o le Faatonu Sili o Tagata Matutua e Fesoasoani i Tagata Matutua, o se polokalama fatufatuai ma fou lea e tuuina atu ai e tagata matutua le faamafanafanaga i manu matutua ma maua ai le faamafanafanaga i le taimi lava e tasi. I le avea ai o se failauga o le DEI (diversity, e tutusa, e aofia ai) e talitonu Betty o E pluribus unum o le auala moni lea a Amerika.
Sa avea o ia ma Faatonu o le Atinaega ma o se sui o le Fono Faatonu o le tele o tagata e le sue tupe i le alalafaga. Sa avea o ia ma sui o le "Mauaina o le Mauga Auro: Lesona na Aoaoina Mai Le Toilalo," mo le Uluai Fonotaga faaletausaga a le Pasefika Amerika o le lslander Civic Forum na faia i le Federal Reserve Plaza. Sa avea o ia ma se tagata faitio i le Charlotte Observer, o se tusitala o le ituaiga o olaga mo le Catawba Valley Neighbors ma o se faiaoga o mataupu tau i le mafaufau i le Kolisi o Lenoir Rhyne i Karolaina i Matu. A o nofo ai i Pale mo le 10 tausaga, sa avea o ia ma Peresitene o le Aoga a Malo Aufaatasi, o le Faalapotopotoga Faavaomalo o Aganuu a le UNESCO International Cooking. E i ai sana tusi faamaonia mai le aoga a La Varenne Farani culinary ma Acadamie du Vin oenology.
Na faauu Betty mai le magna cum laude i tulaga tau tamaoaiga ma maua ai ni faailoga maualuluga se lua: o Suesuega Asia mai le Iunivesite o Filipaina ma le Atinaega o le Tamaoaiga mai le Iunivesite o Manaseta, Egelani. Sa aoga foi o ia i mea tau faatoaga i le Iunivesite o Tokyo, Iapani ma sa faauu mai i le pulega o mea tau tupe i le Iunivesite o Harvard ma le Iunivesite o Boston. I Harvard, sa tauaaoina atu ai ia te ia le taui lauiloa o le Derek Bok Public Service Award ma le Citation for Management of Nonprofit Organizations. Sa avea foi o ia ma se tasi o le vasega o le Class Marshall, ma sa faauu mai i le tolu pito i luga.
Faatasi ai ma le tele o ana pepa faaleaoaoga ua lolomiina o le: Faalapotopotoga o le Tamaoaiga a Iapani ma le Atinaega o le Tamaoaiga a Korea, 1970 Sino-Amerika Rapprochement, Art As Cultural Identity.
Ae e sili atu i lenā, ua matuā mitamita Peti i lana galuega i le olaga atoa i le faaauilumaina o le faaaloalo mo tagata uma ma le natura. I le agai atu i lenei sini, ua ia laveaiina ai ma taliaina ni tagata e leai ni mea e nonofo ai ma ni tagata e 4-vaelua. O lona aiga manu e aofia ai le 6 laveai
O ta'ifau, o se puaa faifaato'aga na sao mai i se fale e fasi ai tagata, ma solofanua lavea'i e 3 e aofia ai ma se tagata e faigaluega i le faato'aga.
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O le Susuga ia Pralhad KC o le Partner/Consultant o Equiserve, Inc. Environmental Engineering faufautua faapea foi ma le Pule / CEO o Prem-La, o le tagata aupito matua ma muamua o le Region Art Gallery o New England. O le Susuga ia KC holds, MBA, (Master in Business Administration), i le Finance and Marketing Management, BSCE, (Bachelor in Science in Civil Engineering) i le Water and Wastewater management. CDA, (Carrier Discovery Architecture) i le fuafuaga o le taulaga.
O le Susuga ia KC o se Pule o Galuega Faatino e i ai se poto masani tele i le taitaia o galuega faatino o le atiina ae o le tamaoaiga i le atunuu ma faavaomalo ma galuega faatino o le Vai ma Le Vai. Sa galulue faatasi o ia ma le aufaigaluega a le tele o atunuu e manatu o le IS ma Asia i Sautesasae. O ona tomai e aofia ai le fausiaina o le gafatia o le faalapotopotoga, fuafuaina lelei, mamanu o polokalama, iloiloga, aoaoga ma fesoasoaniga faatekinolosi.
Na taitaia e le Susuga a KC le tele o galuega faatino Faavaomalo ma le Malo faatasi ai ma le ADB (Asian Development Bank), UNDP (United Nation Development Program) ma ngOs. O loo i ai foi i le Susuga a KC se tomai taua i le faavaeina o se upega fesootai mataalia ma le au fai faaiuga i tulaga uma ma i le fausiaina o gafatia o tagata faigaluega faavaomalo e tauaveina tiutetauave atoatoa o le pulega o galuega faatino.
O le Susuga ia KC o se taitai o le Vafealoai ma le Nuu ua taitaia le tele o faalapotopotoga faaleatunuu ma Faavaomalo e pei o le, MIND, Inc, Nepale America Foundation, ANA (Association of Nepales in America), NRN NCC of America, IHO, (International Health Organization) ma le GBNC (Greater Boston Nepalese Community), ma isi mea faapena.
Ua maua e Mr. KC le tele o faailoga, Aloaiaina, Taui ma Faailoga Auro mo ana gaoioiga faaagafesootai ma le alalafaga aemaise lava le galue e faaleleia olaga o tagata malaga mai, e pei o le , New American appreciation Award, mai le Commonwealth of Massachusetts, City of Cambridge "Key of the", Gold and from the King of Nepale ma le tele o "Citations" ma le "Faamamaluina" mai le, O Kovana, o Le Au Faatonu o le Malo ma Taitai Faavaomalo.
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O Cinda Danh, na fanau ma ola ae i Lynn, MA, o se tagata faauu mai le aoga lautele ma o se tasi na faauu mai UMass Boston, na amata lana malaga i faiga faaupufai ina ua uma ona aafia i le faaletonu o fale i le 2010. E ala i lenei tulaga faigatā, sa galulue ai o ia ma lona aiga i faalapotopotoga sa tau faasaga i ni faiga lē tonu ma ni faiga lē tonu. O lenei tulaga lē lelei na oo ai ina mana'omia ona ia gaoioi ma lana malaga atu i faiga faapolotiki, faamaopoopoina, ma le lagolagoina o ia.
I le 2013 sa avea ai Cinda ma se tasi o le Faalapotopotoga Faaupufai a Tamaitai Asia o Amerika, lea na ia maua ai le poto masani i le galue ai o se tagata faigaluega faataitai i le Maota o le Setete o Massachusetts. Ina ua uma lana galuega faataitai, sa ofoina atu ia te ia se tulaga o le Legislative Aide ona sosoo ai lea ma ni nai tausaga pupuu mulimuli ane, na avea ai o ia ma Faatonu o le Aufaigaluega i se isi Sui o le Setete. Mai iina sa ia auauna atu ai o se Tagata Faapitoa mo Sootaga a le Malo i se kamupani o le pulega.
I le 2019 na avea ai Cinda ma uluai tamaitai AAPI na tamoe mo le tofi i Lynn. Sa manumalo o ia i lana tauvaga vevela ma le toe faia ai lana palota aoao. O le tautinoga a Cinda i lona nuu ma o loo nofo nei i luga o le laupapa mo Lynn Main Streets ma Raw Art Works ma o loo auauna atu o se faufautua i le Polokalama Faaupufai a Tamaitai Asia o Amerika.
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O Mary Chin o se taitai o le alalafaga ua leva ona i ai se poto masani tele i auaunaga faaletagata ma se faamaumauga malosi o le auaunaga i Boston ma tua atu. O Maria o le tama teine a se tagata e malaga mai i isi atunuu, ma e malamalama lelei i tauiviga o loo fesaga'i ma aiga mai isi atunuu.
O Mary o se Tagata Faigaluega o le Independent Clinical Social Worker i faiga patino ma sa auauna atu o se Vice Chair o le Fono Faatonu o le Lesitala a Massachusetts mo Galuega Lautele. Sa ia taitaia matagaluega o auaunaga faaagafesootai ma polokalama o le mafaufau i Boston ma le North Shore. Sa auauna atu Mary i le Fono Faatonu o Faatonu o le AACA e avea ma Peresitene ma vaaia le tuputupu ae o le faalapotopotoga, e aofia ai le fausiaina o le fale i le 87 Tyler Street, o le faalauteleina o aoaoga mo tagata faigaluega, polokalama o aoaoga ma auaunaga faaagafesootai, faapea ai foi ma le faaopoopoga o le vaega o le pulega a le Meniterini o Reggio Emilia, Buds &.
Na faamaeaina e Mary ana aoaoga faauu i galuega faaagafesootai i le Kolisi o Simmons ma maua ai lona faailoga i lalo o lona faailoga mai le Iunivesite o Massachusetts. Sa auauna atu foi Mary i luga o le laupapa o le Action for Boston Community Development, Kolisi o le Taupulega, American Cancer Society, Tina mo le Faamasinoga Tonu ma le Tulaga Tutusa, Company One, South Cove Community Health Center, Eastern Bank, ma le Faalapotopotoga o le Soifua Maloloina i Asia ma le Pasefika.
I le 2017, na tuuina atu ai iā te ia se faailoga mo lana auaunaga i Massachusetts e le Kovana o Charlie Baker.
Na ola a'e Meena i New Delhi, i Initia ma siitia atu i le Iunaite Setete i le lua sefulu tausaga ua mavae. O Hopkinton, Massachusetts, o le aiga ma e fiafia o ia e faamasani i tagata, o mea latou te fiafia i ai ma mea e fiafia i ai. O ia o se tagata talitonu malosi i o tatou tagata tutusa. E taulai atu o ia i lenei talitonuga ma ana mataupu faavae taiala o le dharma ma le karma, i le galuega o le fausiaina o le alalafaga lea na te faia i aso uma.
E tele mea e fiafia i ai Meena. O a'oa'oga ma aafiaga o a'oa'oga lelei i olaga o talavou ma tagata, e matuā naunau lava i ai. Sa auauna atu o ia i tulaga faaleaoaoga i le lotoifale, i le lotoifale ma le setete. O ia o se fautua malosi mo fuafuaga patino faaleaoaoga mo tagata aoao uma, faamanatuina o malosiaga, fausiaina o lagolago, ma auala eseese i le aoaoina. Sa auauna atu o ia i le tele o tofiga volenitia e aofia ai le Chair, DESE's Gifted & Talented Education Advisory Council; Chair, Hopkinton Public School Committee; Sui o le Komiti o Aoaoga, Aoga a Christa McAuliffe; Tagata o le Ekalesia, O Le Faalapotopotoga o Aoaoga (TEC). E ala i nei matafaioi uma, sa ia maua ai se avanoa e aoao ai, galulue faatasi ma le toatele o tagata lelei, ma uunaia loto, mafaufau ma aiaiga faavae mo ni taunuuga e sili atu ona lelei. E mitamita tele o ia i lona sao i le faatuina o le Uluai Aufono a le Autalavou a AAPI, lea e siitia ai leo o le autalavou ma faalauiloa ai le faamau faalemalo.
O loo faigaluega nei Meena i le pisinisi o mea tautupe o se Pule o Polokalama. E faafetai tele o ia mo lona aiga, aafiaga o le olaga ma le lagolago a ana uo ma le nuu lea ua faatamaoaigaina ma faamalieina ai lona olaga.
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Danielle Kim is a proud second-generation Korean American, intersectional feminist, and community activist. She is the inaugural Executive Director of the Asian Community Fund at The Boston Foundation — the first and only philanthropic fund in Massachusetts dedicated to activating, convening, and supporting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Danielle previously served as Director of Public Policy at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, where she organized state and federal advocacy efforts, stewarded relationships with city and state lawmakers, and managed a portfolio of grantmaking. Prior to that, she was the Director of Communications at Scholars Strategy Network, where she shaped messaging, oversaw research and publications, and advanced data-driven policymaking. She also worked as the Director of Policy and Communications for Boston After School & Beyond, a city-wide coalition of after school and summer learning programs serving students in Boston Public Schools.
Sa amata lana galuega o se Fulbright Fellow i Korea i Saute, ona avea ai lea ma se tagata e faatulagaina le alalafaga i lona setete o New Jersey—o le tele lava o le avea ma se Faatonu o le Risone mo le faalauiloaga a le peresitene o le 2012. Sa faaauau pea ona avea o ia ma se Tagata Tomai Faapitoa o Fesootaiga i le New Jersey State Legislature, lea sa ia puleaina ai sootaga o ala o faasalalauga mo ni tagata se toaono o le setete.
Danielle earned a Master’s degree in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Government and Psychology from Smith College. Committed to expanding access to power and opportunity, Danielle serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian Community Development Corporation and the Chelsea Cultural Council.
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O Philjay Somera Solar o loo avea nei ma se Ofisa o le Le Faalauaiteleina i le Falemai Aoao | O le Taitai Au o Polika e puipuia faamatalaga o le soifua maloloina o tulafono a le Setete ma le malo HIPAA. Muamua, sa avea o ia ma se tagata sailiili i le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina ma le Tautua mo Tagata, Ofisa mo Aia Tatau Faalemalo a le I.S. O Philjay foi o le taitaifono o le Faamatalaga Faaleautaitai a le Komisi mo Taitai Talavou. Sa ia mauaina lona Faailoga o le Tagata Malaga i le Faamasinoga Tonu o Tagata Solitulafono mai le Iunivesite o Lasell ('13) ma lona Faailoga Faafomai Faaloia mai le Tulafono a Niu Egelani | Boston ('19). I le Tulafono a Niu Egelani, sa avea ai Philjay ma Peresitene o le Asosi o Tamaiti Aoga Faaloia a Le Pasefika i Asia ma o le Teuoloa Sili o le Asosi o le Loia a Tamaiti Aoga.
A o le'i auai i le a'oga faaloia, na faapaiaina ai e Philjay le lua tausaga o le auaunaga i le lautele faatasi ma le AmeriCorps Program, City Year. E oo atu i le Tausaga o le Aai, sa ia auauna atu i le Nuu o Boston e galulue faatasi ma se vaega o tagata talavou o loo taumafai e tapunia le avanoa faaleaoaoga i totonu o aoga a le malo.
Na maua e Philjay le tele o faailoga e sili ona mataina, i le avea ai ma se 2018 Forbes 30 I Lalo o le 30 o tagata atamamai na mauaina le Polokalama o le Tulafono ma le Malo ma o se sui o le Polokalama o le Taitaiga o le Autalavou i Filipaina (FYLPro) lea na filifilia ai o ia e le Philippine Consulate o Niu Ioka ma Filipi Ambassador i le Iunaite Setete, Jose Romualdez.
O ia foi na faavaeina le Fil-Lennials o New England lea o loo faaalia ai ni polofesa talavou e tupuga mai Filipaina-Amerika e musuia ma faafesootai isi tagata Filipaina-Amerika i le salafa o Niu Egelani. O Loo nofo nei Philjay o se Peresitene o le Faalapotopotoga o Siva ma Aganuu a Filipaina (PDCO), o se Faufautua o le Risone mo le National Federation of Filipino Americans Association (NaFFAA) ma le Faatonu o le Fono Faatonu mo le Faalapotopotoga o Taitai o le Aoga a Filipaina Amerika mo Tagata e le o ni Tagata o le Ekalesia, Inc. (PAMANA) e ala i PAMANA, ua saofaga Philjay i la latou Mafutaga o le Aso o le Tutoatasi faaletausaga a Filipaina ma le Mafutaga Faaleaoaoga a Taitai o le Aoga Maualuga a Filipaina.
I lona taimi avanoa, sa volenitia ai Philjay ma le tele o faalapotopotoga e le o ni mea tau tupe e pei o le Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation ma BosFilipino. O ia foi o se tagata e fesootai malosi ma le Consulate o Niu Ioka lea na te fesootai atu ai manaoga o le Nuu o Filipaina-Amerika i Niu Egelani i le ofisa o le Consulate.
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A o le'i auauna o ia i le Komisi o Tagata Asia i Amerika ma le Pasefika, sa faigaluega Sam mo le Failauga o le Maota o Massachusetts, o Robert DeLeo mo le fā tausaga. O ia fo'i o le Pule o Fesoota'iga mo le 'Ino'ino o le A Virus. E lē gata i lea, o loo sa'ilia e Sam ana Matai o Aiaiga Faavae i le Lautele, faatasi ai ma le ua'i atu i le Mativa, faapea fo'i ma se Matai i le Pulega o Pisinisi, ma o loo taula'i atu i le Social Impact, i le A'oga a le Iunivesite o Brandeis mo Tulafono ma le Pulega.
O Samu o se fautua malosi mo le nuu o Amerika Asia. O le misiona o le aumaia lea o le lotogatasi ma le manuia i totonu o nuu eseese, a o fausia le lotogatasi ma isi nuu. Ua tuuto atu Samu i le faamasinoga tonu ma le faailogalanu. O lana sini o le fatuina lea o avanoa ma faamautinoa o le lalolagi o se lalolagi amiotonu ma le mama mo tagata uma. Faatasi ai ma le alofa, agaga malamalama ma le agaalofa, i le galulue faatasi ai ma tagata faagaeetia, e mafai ma o le a tatou galulue faatasi ina ia mafai ona fausia le sosaiete lea tatou te moemiti i ai i taimi uma i lo tatou tulaga moni.
Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Atinaega & Fesootaiga
O Bonnie o le Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Atinaega ma Fesootaiga i le AAPI Commission. O ia o se tagata e su'esu'e i mataupu tau i le mafaufau i le Iunivesite o Brandeis, i le su'esu'eina o le Sociology ma le Asia American Studies. I le taimi ua tuanai, sa ia galue ai i se taumafaiga a le alalafaga na tuuto atu i le faalauiloaina o polokalama o faatufugaga ma aoaoga a le autalavou ma se faalapotopotoga o tusitusiga na faafaileleina le au tusitala Asia ma le BIPOC. E fiafia tele o ia i a'oa'oga, le faamaopoopoina o vao, ma su'esu'ega i femalagaa'iga. E fiafia Lava Bonnie i le tulaga o le faamasinoga tonu faaleagafesootai, ma o faatufugaga ma mamanu o se auala o le musuia ma le lagolagoina o suiga faaagafesootai. I lona taimi avanoa, e fiafia lava Bonnie e sailiili i nofoaga fou e aai ai ma e fiafia i le lauti lanumeamata.
Taitai Faamaopoopo o le Autalavou
O Abdul Haseeb Hamza o se tagata sinia i le Kolisi o Bard i le Papa o Simona e faaluaina le tele i Chemistry ma le Social Action/Social Change. E matuā naunau lava Haseeb i le eseese o ituaiga o tagata, le tutusa, ma le faaaofia ai o galuega. Sa ia faia le tele o galuega mo le Aufono a Equity ma Inclusion ma le matagaluega o le olaga i le lotoa i lana kolisi. I lana galuega, sa ia lagolagoina ai le faaitiitia e ala i le uunaia o faaiuga o aiaiga faavae, faalauiloaina o fesootaiga i le va o le pulega ma tamaiti aoga, polokalama e talanoaina ai le le tutusa ma le le tonu, ma e ala i le fatuina o avanoa mo tamaiti aoga e i ai ni tulaga faaletonu.
I lana faalapotopotoga, sa ia faavaeina ma taitaia le Asosi o Tamaiti Aoga i Asia i Saute i le lotoa e avea o se avanoa e uunaia ai le nuu ma le lotonuu faapea ai foi ma le faalauiloaina o le silafia faaleaganuu o nuu eseese i le lotoa. I le avea ai ma se tasi e faananau i mea faalenatura ma saienisi faaagafesootai, e talitonu Haseeb i le mana o aoaoga ma polokalama o le soifua maloloina lautele e faalauiloa ai le laugatasia ma le faaaofia ai i le lalolagi atoa. Sa aofia ai o ia i le avea ai ma faufautua ma aoaoga mo le autalavou i lana matata ma o loo saili foi e saili avanoa o le soifua maloloina lautele ma aoaoga mo lona olaga i le faaiuga o le tausaga.