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• Love Your Heart

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos from various sources

  

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director
  
  Photo courtesy of Taquiena Boston
  

  On Thursday, October 18, 2019, Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) connected with the Consumer Health Foundation (CHF) to help celebrate their 20th Anniversary with a tour of DC’s Chinatown and share #ThisFireBurnin inside youth whose history has been erased and ignored. CHF advocates for racial eq

• “I could not have done this alone.”

  By Stephanie Lim, former DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator

  Photos Courtesy of Stephanie Lim and AALEAD Staff
  

  At the time of writing, it is the Monday of my last week at Asian American LEAD. I have cleaned out most of my desk and organized it for the next coordinator. I have packed most of the notes and cards I’ve received from youth, former i

• My Favorite AALEAD Moments, pt4.

  By Vi Bui, Youth Mentoring & Volunteer Programs Coordinator; Freidricka Camille, College & Career Mentoring Programs Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Founded in 1998, AALEAD initially served the large Vietnamese refugee community in the Columbia Heights area of Washington DC. As the dem

• 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

• 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

• 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

  Summer Intern Spotlight: Alani Fujii

  By: Alani Fujii, MD Summer Program Intern

  Photos courtesy of Various Sources

  Nice to Meet Again, AALEAD!

  Hi everyone, my name is Alani Fujii, and I am the Maryland Summer Programs Intern at AALEAD! I am entering my senior year at Barnard College pursuing an Urban Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree. I am also a former AALEAD youth! From 2011-2015, I was in the Maryland afterschool and