Brissa Hunter
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.
Evan Owens
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
专员
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.
Ekta Srinivasa
专员
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.
Shubhecchha Dhaurali
项目和研究主任
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.
Anne Lizette Sta. Maria
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.
Tasneem Ghadiali
青年理事会成员
Ngan Huynh
青年理事会成员
Karen Chen
专员
Moana Bentin
专员
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
财务主管
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.
Sea Kay Leung
Assistant Youth Coordinator
Diana Li
政策和沟通协调员
Diana Li是马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的三年级学生,她在那里攻读英语和语言学学位。她从入学第一年起就在马萨诸塞大学亚裔美国人学生会工作,目前担任秘书一职。她的热情包括亚裔美国人的宣传、政策/沟通、散居文学和创意写作。
汉娜-库
区域协调员
Hannah Ku(她/她)是亚太裔委员会的区域协调员实习生。她于2021年毕业于匹兹堡大学,获得历史学学士学位,辅修中文、
并获得东亚研究证书。目前,她是一名硕士生,学习美国亚裔历史、公共历史和批判性收养研究。
汉娜是一个由韩国移民家庭抚养的跨国中国收养者。她对亚太裔在学术和公共空间的活动努力有极大的热情。汉娜非常高兴能与亚太裔委员会合作,并期待着与马萨诸塞州的亚太裔社区一起协助和倡导。
艾略特-钟
青年理事会成员
Talvin Dhingra
青年理事会成员
李素敏
青年理事会成员
李素敏(she/her)是波士顿联邦学校的高年级学生。她计划在大学里主修神经科学和/或心理学,并可能辅修公共卫生或卫生政策。她热衷于弥合医疗保健领域的种族不平等,并通过她的故事和诗歌讲述亚裔美国人的斗争和经历。作为第一代韩裔美国人,她特别期待通过这种对写作的热爱继续探索她的文化和身份。
苏敏很高兴能成为青年委员会的一员,并继续为马萨诸塞州的亚太裔社区进行宣传。当她不忙于学校或课外活动时,你会发现她在努力追赶她那永远也读不完的书单,锻炼身体,或在价格过高的咖啡店花太多的钱。
周慧敏
青年理事会成员
Amy Zhou (she/hers)目前是剑桥Rindge和Latin学校的一名高中生,她的身份是一名同性恋者,第二代美国华人。她是剑桥的终身居民,参与当地的活动已经好几年了。艾米目前是马萨诸塞州LGBTQ+青年委员会的委员,也是马萨诸塞州GSA学生领导委员会的成员。当她不做宣传工作时,艾米经常阅读、写作或玩终极飞盘。
艾米对学习有着深厚的热情,尤其是历史--总有更多的东西需要发掘,并与今天和未来联系起来。她致力于利用历史和教育作为移情、团结、授权、抵抗和解放的工具。
Sofia Hom
青年理事会成员
Maggie(她/他们)目前是米尔顿高中的高年级学生,希望主修政治学。麦琪热衷于在她的社区推动公民参与和DEI倡议,并将继续作为青年理事会的成员。在她的空闲时间,她喜欢参加辩论赛,与动物一起玩耍,以及玩电子游戏。
威尔-赫斯普
青年理事会成员
威尔-赫斯普(he/him)是一名高中生,在诺贝尔和格林诺夫学校上学。他是双亲的后裔,因为他的母亲出生在日本,而他的父亲出生在英国。他从他的两个种族背景中汲取灵感,这也是导致他有兴趣支持他所在的每个社区的原因。他对各种类型的人文科学感兴趣,此外还热衷于新闻、体育和支持亚太裔社区。他很高兴能加入亚太裔青年理事会,其目标是促进亚洲边缘群体的发展。
Sofia Hom
青年理事会成员
我叫索菲亚-霍姆,我热衷于学习,这使我喜欢合作和探索新的想法。我喜欢参与学校、俱乐部和体育活动,并会随时向任何人提供帮助。
Marilyn Park
专员
玛丽莲-帕克博士是一位韩裔美国同性恋者,她热衷于心理健康领域的反种族主义工作。他们作为公共卫生服务部门的一名中尉指挥官为美国服务。目前,他们驻扎在波士顿退伍军人事务部(VA),担任临床心理学家,为退伍军人治疗成瘾问题。在退伍军人事务部之前,朴博士曾在联邦监狱局(BOP)担任项目主管超过18年,为弱势和边缘化的被监禁成年人提供服务。朴博士努力成为其影响范围内的变革者。在联邦监狱局工作期间,他们为临床医生和受训者创建并实施了反种族主义培训,以认识不平等现象,评估结构性种族主义的影响,并在治疗严重边缘化和弱势人群时促进反种族主义做法。
朴博士很自豪地在纳蒂克镇的公平任务小组中任职。他们的工作特别涉及评估多个与DEI相关的市政委员会,这导致了纳蒂克镇首席多元化官员职位的设立。朴博士对提高纳蒂克市亚太裔社区的声音特别感兴趣,该社区是镇上最大的少数民族群体,但在镇政府中的参与度却最低。朴博士努力确保非裔美国人感到有能力参与政府和社区空间的领导,并不懈地倡导非裔美国人社区成员在决策桌前拥有席位。
贝瑟妮-李
专员
贝瑟尼-李使用运动律师模式为亚裔美国人社区争取社会正义和推进种族平等。通过与社区组织者合作,采用创新和多方面的方法,贝瑟尼在一系列民权问题上进行了诉讼和领导宣传工作,包括住房和流离失所、工人权利、移民、教育公平、语言使用和仇恨犯罪。贝瑟尼代表东南亚社区对抗驱逐出境,包括第一个被驱逐出境后返回东海岸的柬埔寨裔美国人。她与社区组织者合作,共同制作了关于东南亚家庭对抗驱逐出境的纪录片 "让萨雷回家"。她担任一个多种族组织和家庭联盟的联合律师,介入支持波士顿公立学校转变考试政策的诉讼。贝瑟尼为东北走廊一带的低薪工人赢得了数百万的拖欠工资。她领导了各种倡议,以增加低收入和英语熟练的亚裔美国人获得资源的机会。她还发表了一份记录东海岸中国城绅士化的报告,并指导发起了东海岸第一个无证亚裔美国青年团体RAISE。贝瑟尼在AALDEF开始她的法律生涯,担任平等正义工程研究员和工作人员律师。然后,她作为罗伯特-M-盖研究员在耶鲁大学法学院的退伍军人法律服务诊所教授和监督案件。贝瑟尼还曾是大波士顿法律服务机构的亚洲外展部主任。贝瑟尼在亨特学院担任兼职教授,讲授亚裔美国人的民权和法律。贝瑟妮毕业于乔治敦大学法律中心和阿默斯特学院。她在马萨诸塞州最高司法法院福祉问题常设委员会和马萨诸塞州州长仇恨犯罪问题工作组任职。
Saatvik Ahluwalia
Vice Chair
Saatvik Ahluwalia是一位屡获殊荣的数字营销人员,他是斑马技术公司的高级活动经理和亚裔德州人正义组织的数字和通信主任。他是OpEd项目的公共声音研究员和新领导委员会研究员。他的工作被波士顿环球报、奥斯汀美国州长报、奥斯汀国家公共电台、女士杂志等报道。他曾获得过MarCom白金奖,通过国际演讲会获得过公开演讲奖,参加过多次宝莱坞舞蹈锦标赛,并在《那些移民!》一书中做过介绍。美国的印度人。记者斯科特-哈斯(Scott Haas)在《那些移民!:美国的印度人:对成就的心理学探索》一书中作了介绍。
克里斯托弗-黄
专员
克里斯托弗-黄是一位摄影师和摄像师,在创造有影响力的视觉叙事方面有着丰富的经验。他与艺术家、公众人物、领导人、公司、C级管理人员、企业家、教育家、政治家、表演者、组织和学生等合作,捕捉他们的故事。
克里斯托弗在成长过程中了解到,白人男性主导的媒体和娱乐业以非人性化的方式不准确地讲述亚裔和亚裔美国人的故事是多么令人沮丧和有害。这种经历培养了他对其他被边缘化和非人化的人的同情心,并促使他以负责任和准确的眼光来讲述这些故事。这些经历促使他继续在社区之间建立跨文化的桥梁。
他职业生涯的一些亮点包括受雇拍摄一些亚裔美国公共媒体人物,这些人帮助激发了他追求创造性的道路。他特别自豪的是,他激励年轻的美国黑人讲故事的人控制他们自己的叙述。
克里斯托弗还就在组织的人际关系和营销层面用肢体语言创造更有同情心和更有效的领导力,促进强调公平、包容和归属感的文化,发表主题演讲并主持研讨会。即使在那些做了谈论DEIB的重要性的基本步骤,并在其组织的品牌宣传中展示带有 "多样性 "的图像的人中,也没有那么普遍,他们所说和所写的内容与他们在身体语言中所传达的内容相比,往往存在明显的脱节。
他的作品可以在christopherhuang.com上看到。
珍妮弗-鲁宾
专员
珍妮弗-鲁宾从加州大学洛杉矶分校法学院毕业后一直从事劳动和就业法的工作。鲁宾女士在加州大学洛杉矶分校获得了她的文学学士学位和法学博士学位。她是马萨诸塞州、加利福尼亚州和华盛顿特区的州律师协会成员,也是美国华盛顿特区巡回法院、第一巡回法院、第二巡回法院、第五巡回法院、第六巡回法院和第九巡回法院的律师协会成员。
鲁宾女士是《雇员和工会会员劳动法指南》中 "就业歧视法 "的共同作者。A Manual for Attorneys Representing the Labor Movement" (2008 and 2009 eds).鲁宾女士曾在研讨会上授课,参加小组讨论,并主持关于劳动关系和合同谈判的讨论。她还曾担任美国加州中区地区法院联邦地区法官Robert M. Takasugi的司法实习生。2014年,鲁宾女士被波士顿杂志评为马萨诸塞州超级律师新星,并被波士顿杂志列入2015年和2016年马萨诸塞州最佳女律师。
在马萨诸塞州执业之前,珍妮弗在华盛顿特区的一家公司执业,在合同谈判、诉讼、听证和仲裁中代表国家和地方工会。
在空闲时间,鲁宾女士喜欢手写信件,并去当地邮局(她没有Facebook、Twitter或Instagram账户,并拒绝放弃她的纸质计划表)。
Amy Goh
专员
Amy Goh(她/她)是一名注册助产士和博士候选人。她也是托马斯-杰斐逊大学助产士项目的兼职教师。作为一个来自韩国的移民的孩子,她在波士顿地区长达10年的助产士生涯,主要是为移民社区和有色人种社区提供高质量的助产护理。最近,她获得了一笔资金,对美国出生中心协会围产期数据登记处的亚裔美国人的出生结果进行了分析。在从事助产工作之前,艾米致力于改善和更好地理解全球社区的健康和权利的复杂性。在佛得角担任和平队志愿者后,她完成了她的国际发展学硕士论文,研究巴西产妇死亡率的社会政治问题。艾米是美国助产士学院的研究员,也是美国生育中心协会的董事会成员。她曾是剑桥健康联盟健康公平教育和宣传中心的健康公平研究员,也曾是杜克-约翰逊和约翰逊护士长研究员。
本杰明-王
治理和政策协调员
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.
阿什利-山
青年协调员
阿什利-山
青年协调员
诗雅丽-维托希-托帕(Siale Vaitohi Teaupa)
公共卫生和太平洋岛民协调员
Siale Vaitohi Teaupa(她/她)于2018年毕业于杨百翰大学,获得生理学与发育生物学学士学位。Siale是犹他大学医学院的医学生,但目前正在休假1年,以便在哈佛大学T.H.Chan公共卫生学院获得公共卫生硕士学位。由于她的公共卫生硕士课程的重点是卫生政策,Siale将与委员会合作,确定亚太裔社区目前的需求,特别是针对与健康有关的问题。完成公共卫生项目后,Siale将回到犹他州的医学院,并申请内科住院医生项目。
作为一名汤加人和拉丁裔女性,西雅丽热衷于在服务不足的社区工作。她作为耶稣基督后期圣徒教会的全职志愿者在菲律宾生活了十八个月。后来,Siale在危地马拉领导了一次为期一个月的人道主义之旅。在国内,Siale积极参加波利尼西亚社区的活动,在许多社区组织中服务,如犹他州太平洋岛民健康联盟和犹他州波利尼西亚专业人员,她领导了几个外展项目,特别是在Covid-19大流行期间。Siale也是Pasifikas in Medicine的创建者之一和现任主席,该组织指导有兴趣从事医学研究的太平洋岛民学生。她热衷于健康公平和增加健康科学领域的有色人种学生的数量。
珍妮弗-贝斯特
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.
詹妮弗有通过运动和政府进行宣传的经验。她曾担任马萨诸塞州众议员Erika Uyterhoeven的政策和通信实习生,在那里她撰写证词,创建和执行通信活动,研究政策,从事预算工作,以及更多。她还曾在马萨诸塞州的多个竞选活动中工作,包括希克斯竞选波士顿第六区市议会的活动,在那里她是财务和活动研究员,此外还为候选人撰写官方政策纲领。她还曾在埃德-马基竞选美国参议员的活动中担任现场和通信研究员,在那里她花了很多时间为参议员撰写演讲稿和讲话,主持现场和虚拟活动,并培训数百名志愿者。珍妮弗将把她在政府内和政府外的沟通和宣传知识带到她在亚太裔委员会的工作中。
当珍妮弗不工作的时候,你可以发现她参与戏剧,烹饪新的食谱,或蜷缩在一起看一本好书。她很高兴能加入这样一个充满激情的团队,并继续为马萨诸塞州的亚太裔社区进行宣传。
Esther Hwi-Young Kim
项目和研究主任
Esther Hwi-Young Kim(她/她)是马萨诸塞州联邦亚裔和太平洋岛民委员会的项目和研究主任。她是第二代韩裔美国同性恋者,在马萨诸塞州东南部的Wompanoag人的土地上长大。她的职业旅程包括戴着辅导员、K-12教育工作者和非营利项目协调员等多种帽子,她很自豪�