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• Greetings From Shanice!!!

  By Shanice Lo, MD Middle School Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Shanice Lo Hello, everyone! My name is Shanice and I’m excited to join AALEAD as a Maryland Middle School Program Coordinator. The past week was really inspiring - I got to know the awesome staff in AALEAD and learn about their interesting stories. Having lunch at Franklin Square in Washington, D.C., coffee chats outside

• Greetings From the New Mentoring and Volunteer Coordinator

  By Stephanie Lim, Mentoring and Volunteer Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Neel Saxena, Development & Communications Director Hello everyone, I’m excited to join AALEAD as Mentoring and Volunteer Coordinator. I started in this position on August 24th and I’ve been learning so much! The staff has been so welcoming and kind, and it’s been great working alongside them. I’m especially excited to be working with my ma

• Message from the ED: The End of Summer . . . a Time of Transition

  August is a month of transition at Asian American LEAD.  Summer programs end and there’s a brief pause before school-year after-school programs begin. During this pause, we typically hold our yearly Staff Retreat before staff take the opportunity for vacation time before the fall.  This year was no exception – we had several days for a great staff retreat with fun team-building and thoughtful planning for the year ahead. Central to our staff retreat was discussion of the strategic plan w

• Reflections from My First 10 Weeks as AALEAD Program Director

  By Mylynh Nguyen, Program Director Photos courtesy of Mylynh Nguyen and Chelsea Iorlano It is amazing for me to look back to when my journey began with AALEAD and realize that it has already been two and a half months since I gained this wonderful second family. While the eventful pace of summer programming can be an overwhelming starting point for any newcomer to the team, I feel lucky that the timing of my start allowed me to experience so much activity in such a brief period of ti

• DC Summer Program Torpedoes its Way Through the Factory!

  On the DC Middle & High School Summer Program’s first field trip, we traveled to the Torpedo Factory, located in Alexandria, VA, to learn more about the different variations of art and the people behind all the amazing...

• Thank You

  Thank you for this amazing journey (of almost five years!) with the AALEAD family! While I am no longer officially an AALEAD staff member, I will never stop being a part of the AALEAD family. I feel so privileged to have had the opportunity to meet, get to know...

• Youth Reflection: 4th Annual AALEAD APA Youth Summit Successes & Lessons Learned

  By Alex, MD HS AALEAD Youth Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff & Youth My name is Alex T. I am a rising 10^th grader in the MD HS AALEAD program. This summer, I participated as a youth leader in planning the 4th Annu

• AALEADers Clean Up Anacostia

  

  On Thursday July 23rd, AALEADers participated in a street cleaning project in Anacostia, partnering with Project Create and Latin American Youth Center (LAYC).  Check out this

• Learning about Personal Responsibility and Leadership, and saying “Goodbye” for the Summer!

  By Pallavi Rudraraju, DC Elementary School Intern Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff Our AALEAD Ohana at Walker-Jones just finished our fifth and final week of programming, and we can't believe the month has passed so quickly! From jam-packed field trips to interactive and multi-facted workshops, we've done so much in the past five short weeks.

  As a fresh change of pace, Ohana received a visit from the Maryland Summer Serve halfway through our third week. The middle and high school y

• Message from the ED: Powerful Summer Days

  Summer is always the best time at  AALEAD.  Our youth get to be in  programs for full days for a more in-depth experience, and go on field trips once a week to broaden their horizons. This year we have been running 3  powerful programs: AALEAD Ohana for  elementary school youth in DC ("Ohana  means family), Maryland Summer Serve  for Montgomery County middle and high school youth, and the DC Middle and High School Youth summer program.  Through these programs, we are serving a record 2