2018

• Saying Goodbye to 2018 at MD Holiday Party

  By YLan Nguyen, MD High School Program Coordinator
  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Last week, AALEAD Maryland Programs celebrated the end of the year at our Annual Winter Holiday Party. Youth from across MD middle schools and high schools gathered for an evening of community, joy, and celebration. The theme for this year’s Holiday Party derived from the overall program theme - “Ignite: Discover Your Passions.”

• My Favorite AALEAD Moments, pt5.

  By YLan Nguyen, MD High School Program Coordinator; Stephanie Lim, former DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator; and Iftakhar Alam, Communications Intern

  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  AALEAD truly believes in the power and potential of our young people. We aim to provide them with all the opportunities possible to help them to recognize and reach thei

• My Favorite AALEAD Moments, pt3.

  By Anu Sharma, MD High School Program Coordinator; Shaima Ahmad, VA Programs Manager; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff
  

  This week, we visit Anu and Shaima, who are currently working with our AALEAD High School youth in Maryland and Virginia programs. However, did you know that both Anu

• My Favorite AALEAD Moments, pt2.

  By Charles Kuo, DC Programs Manager; Saadia Ahmad, DC Elementary School Program Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development and Communications Associate

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff

  This year, AALEAD celebrates 20 years of empowering young leaders across the DC metropolitan area through our after-school, summer and mentoring programs.

  By: Pallavi Rudrataju, VA Middle School Program Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate

  Photo Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  
  The Back to School season is finally upon us. Here at AALEAD, this is the time where our program staff work even more diligently together to kick off the AALEAD's After School and Mentoring Programs for the new

• My Ten Weeks With AALEAD Flew By In the Blink of An Eye

  By Liying Tan, Curriculum Development Intern
  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  

  This summer, I was honored to be selected as a Curricul

• 2018 Summer Program Interns – Final Reflections

  By Sharon Rajadurai, VA Summer Program Intern; Alani Fujii, MD Summer Program Intern; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate
  
  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  
  On August 2nd, the 2018 AALEAD Origins Summer Program officially concluded after serving over 100 youth grades 6 to 12 across the DC metropolitan area in Montgomery County

• Greetings from Anu!

  By Anu Sharma, MD High School Program Coordinator
  Photos Courtesy of Anu Sharma and AALEAD Staff

  In a response to the question “What keeps you going?”, Angela Davis, a Black political activist, author, and scholar, explains:
  

  “Optimism is an absolute necessity… What has kept me going has been the development of new modes of community. I don�

• Mentor Older Youth with AALEAD’s College and Career Mentoring Program

  By: Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator Photo courtesy of AALEAD Staff   This is an exciting time to consider applying to be a College and Career Mentor with Asian American LEAD (AALEAD). Not only is Asian American LEAD bolstering its college access support for high school students, we

• Supporting First Generation College Students

  By: Neel Saxena, Executive Director Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff & various sources