Monthly Archives: June 2022

• Mentoring Program Update

  By Hannah Cheyney and Mei Tomko

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  Happy June! As the weather is warming up, we have been traveling throughout the DMV to attend community events, engage students at schools, and encourage community members to get more involved with AALEAD. We have

• Summer Intern Spotlight: Maddy Park

  Written and Photos by Maddy Park, DC Summer Intern

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  Hi hi! My name is Madeline Park, but I also go by Maddy. I am a rising junior at American University, majoring in Political Science and Asian, Pacific, and Diaspora Studies (APDS). I am so excited to join the AALEAD DC Team as the Summer Programs Intern this year and to support our mission o

• Summer Intern Spotlight: Mei Tomko

  Written and Photos by Mei Tomko, Mentoring Summer Intern

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  Hi everyone, I’m Mei Tomko (she/her), the 2022 Mentoring Program Summer Intern! I am ecstatic to join the AALEAD team this summer. I am a rising senior at American University majoring in International Relations with a concentration on Human Rights and East Asia.

  Written by Diana Tran; Contributed by various AALEAD Staff Members

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  As we look back over the last two months, Asian American LEAD is proud to share the different ways that we, as a team, celebrated Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander heritage and came together to support our communities across Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia