Educational Empowerment

• Love Your Heart

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos from various sources

  

  

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos Courtesy of Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator

  AALEAD’s approach to out-of-school time p

• A Cultural disPLACEment

  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

• 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

  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

• Summer Intern Spotlight: Sharon Rajadurai

  By: Sharon Rajadurai, VA Summer Program Intern Photos courtesy of Sharon Rajadurai Hello all! My name is Sharon Rajadurai and I am this summer’s Virginia Program Intern. I am so excited to be living in Virginia this summer and to be fulfilling this role to the best of my ability.

• Stress Less Week at Poe Middle School

  By Pallavi Rudraraju, VA Middle School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of Ha Nguyen You may not know it, but May, in addition to being APAHM - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - is also Mental Health Awareness Month. Thanks to the support of 

  A Journey in Snapshots: AALEAD Youth Take On Philadelphia and Baltimore

  By: Ari Pak, MD Programs Manager Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff   QUIZ: What does the “E” in AALEAD stand for? No cheating! (scroll down for answer!)