LEAP Impact Alumni
formerly known as emerging leaders program (ELP)
LEAP Impact ’22-’23 Alumni
Kassie Bertumen
BRIDGE Housing Corp
Cassandra Ohelo
Hawaiian Community Assets
Helen Zeine Edinne
ReEstablish Richmond
Yoo-Jin Kang
The Council on Foundations
Jainey Jung Kim
Asian American Advocacy Fund
Linh Tran
Rural Democracy Initiative
Ellie McGaw
Year Up
Kent Tong
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates
Aileen Aragones
Stevenson High School Community Foundation
Ambrosia Kaui
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
Coua Xiong
APANO
Lowela Anunciacion
Education Insights Center (University Enterprises, Inc.)
Josephine Chu
Common Good City Farm
Regan Balmoja
Teach for America
Gerry Leonard
Working Films
Tenying Yangsel
Chhaya Community Development Corporation
Shirley Cai
Kundiman
LEAP Impact ’21-’22 Alumni
Kristine Alarcon
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Syeda Bano
Asian American Advocacy Fund
Mariam Cash
Teach for America - Chicago
Emily Chi
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Emilie Dang
Innovative Housing Opportunities, Inc.
Mandy Diec
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Lara Fu
DC Prep
Lailanie Gadia
Asian American Documentary Network
Sarah Guertin
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Young Noh Jung
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
Jennifer Marshall
Heyrick Research
Joshua Lau
Youth Mentoring
Connection
Jocelyn Yow
IGNITE National
Joy Moh
Team Rubicon
John Nguyen
Community Action Partnership of Orange
County
Rosey Ok
The Alliance of RI Southeast Asians for Education
Raymond Partolan
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
Beverley Quintana
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Princess Visconde
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Maryam Zahid
Teach for America - Twin Cities
LEAP Impact ’20’21 Alumni
Madoka Leonetti
Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
Darryll Lim
City Year Los Angeles
Joy Lin
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Mia McFarland
White Center Community Development
Krishna Parmar
Hindu American Foundation
Daranee Teng
OneGoal
Amy Trieu
Children's Institute
Amy Vu
FEAST
Uyên Vũ
Powerful Voices
Taylor Amdal-Barela Asuncion
Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Family Violence
Yvonne Chang
Social Venture Partners International
Harmit Cheema
Sikh Family Center
Miguel de la Fuente-Lau
Haas Leadership Initiatives, A Project of the Tides Center
Fritzie A. de Mata
Cal Alumni Association, University of California Berkeley
Lisa Flores
Ada Developers Academy
Tracey Fugami
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Grace Lee
Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco
LEAP Impact ’19-’20 Alumni
Shaima Ahmad
Asian American LEAD
Shilpy Chatterjee
Sakhi for South Asian Women
G De Castro
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Ashley Diersch
Kids' Food Basket
Lan Freitag
Children's Cancer Research Fund
Shin Shin Hsia
Win|Win Network
Jill Kunishima
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Catherine Lee
Asian Arts Initiative
Michael Lok
Asian Health Services
Kelley Lou
National CAPACD
Athena Mak
City Year Seattle / King County
Dawn Raftery
StriveTogether
Tasneem Rajan
CHETNA
Kimberly Roman-Dimisillo
Teach For America-Hawai‘i
Dedunu Suraweera
SAYA - South Asian Youth Action
Kathy Tran
iMentor Bay Area
LEAP Impact ’18-’19 Alumni
Maria Kei
Beneficial State Foundation
Stephen Pham
The Learning Accelerator
Lauren Pongan
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Rachelle Samson
Visual Communications Media
Nira Singh
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Kyle Lucia Wu
Kundiman
Lisa Xiong
Neighborhood Development Center
Shuhei Yamamoto
Teach for America
Nisha Baliga
Hester Street
Sai Chang
Project SUCCESS
Alexander Fernandez
iMentor
Vei Finau
One East Palo Alto
Su Young Jung
Womankind
Myoungmi Kim
Korean Community Services
Fatima Malik
South Asian Youth Action SAYA Inc
Janet McIntyre
Executive Service Corps of Southern California
LEAP Impact ’17-’18 Alumni
Alohi Bikle
Papa Ola Lokahi
Mee Cheng-Melo
HealthEast
Kelly Honda
Alzheimer's Greater Los Angeles
Erik Horvath
Transform Finance
Carro Hua
VietAID
Shan Huang
Womankind
Stephanie Lowe
Teach for America
Heang Ly
The Center for Teen Empowerment
Kham Moua
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates
Eria Myers
Pacific Asian Counseling Services
Linda Reyes
Social Justice Learning Institute
Julia Shaw
Asian Arts Initiative
Kerry Situ
Chinatown Service Center
Veronica Thao
People's Center Clinics & Services
Va'atausili Tofaeono
American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition
Alisi Tulua
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance
Mao Vue
Asian Services In Action, Inc
Kevin Vuong
The Agency for Public + Social Innovation
LEAP Impact ’16-’17 Alumni
Ayumi Nagata
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
Christine Phung
Kheir Center
Den Quinsay
Womankind
Nisha Ramachandran
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
Myca Tran
Asian and Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance
Ashley Tsuruda
Apna Ghar
Sina Uipi
Tongan Community Service Center
Man Yau
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Elaine Agoot
Pride Foundation
Maritessa Ares
Beneficial State Foundation
Christine Culp
Teach For America -
South Carolina
Anjali Goyal
Asian American Arts Alliance
Amy Jiravisitcul
The Steppingstone Academy
Kendall Kosai
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates
Richard Kwon
Families for Excellent Schools
Mai Youa Moua
Genesys Works
Jessica Moy
HealthEast
LEAP Impact ’15-’16 Alumni
Raul Alicdan
Rainier Valley Corps
William Chiang
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
Riyaz Gayasaddin
Teach for America - Baltimore
Melissa Kozono
East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center
Mabel Long
Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.
Cecilia Marshall
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Marissa Martin
ExpandED Schools
Katarine Ng
The Steppingstone Foundation
Priya Purandare
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Amber Richardson
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture
Jeannette Schultz
National Endowment for Financial Education
Kathleen Tolosa
WestCare Pacific Islands
Tria Vang
CHAT
Belinda Vong
Zimmer Children's Museum
Mitchel Wu
The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
Hli Xyooj
Farmers' Legal Action Group
LEAP Impact ’14-’15 Alumni
Panida Rzonca
Thai Community Development Center
Navdeep Singh
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Jamie Stroble
Interim Community Development Association
Kyle Tsukahira
Asian Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance
Maria Villafranca
New York Foundation for the Arts
Amy Watanabe
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
Mofei Xu
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Der Yang
Hmong American Partnership
Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
Joyce Chan
Chinatown Service Center
Sarah Ha
Teach for America -
New York
Denise Huynh
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Makiko Ishizawa
Catalyst
Kevin Lian
Asian Youth Center
Daniel Naha-Ve'evalu
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
Remy Pon
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Rajani Ramachandran
Asian Family Support Services of Austin
LEAP Impact ’11-’12 Alumni
Randon Aea
Therapeutic Health Services
Kulsum Ameji
Legal Assistance Foundation
Katrina Chambers
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Richard Calvin Chang
Tongan Community
Service Center
Catherina Conte
SAHELI for Asian Families
James Hong
Vietnamese Friendship Association
Grace Ihn
YMCA of Silicon Valley - El Camino Branch
Leonard Kwong
Chinatown Service Center
Hiroko Murakami
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
Myhoang Nguyen
VietAid
Kalpana Simhan
Apna Ghar
Amrita Singh
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Linda Sok
The Cambodian Family
Kim To
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
Alena Victor
New York Asian Women's Center
Alice Yang
Stone Soup
LEAP Impact ’10-’11 Alumni
Julie Richards
New York Asian Women's Center
Justin Shum
Asian American Community Services
Melvin Tabilas
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
Saki Takasu
U.S.-Japan Council
Huiping Wang Wang
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Michelle Mei Yang
Girl Scouts of Western Washington
Pei-Un Yee
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocate
Keiichiro Yoshida
Northwest YMCA
Susie Chang
GRID Alternatives
Sung Yeon Choi-Morrow
Asian American Institute
Mariko Drew
Asian American Arts Alliance
Han Huang
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Patricia Julio
White Center Community Development Organization
Trinh Le
Little Saigon Foundation
Sandy Lee
Asian Business Association
Trudy Loo
Worldwatch Institute
Nikki Modi
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
LEAP Impact ’08-’09 Alumni
Uneza Akhtar
The Citizen’s Foundation, USA
Romana Lee-Akiyama
National CAPACD
Afreen Alam
Cchaya CDC
Jason Chan
APIA Scholars
Aeda Chung
APA Legal Resource Center
Herbert Dong
APA Family Support Services
Ami Gandhi Esq.
Asian American Institute
Neha Gill
Apna Ghar
Sia Her
Hmong American Partnership
June Jimenez
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Sengly Kong
Cambodian Mutual Assistance
TehShan Lee
APIA Health Forum
Phung K. Nguyen
Vietnamese Friendship Association
Tiffany Nguyen
Boat People SOS
Qingjian Shi
Asian Task Force
Anh Tran
National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies
Kent Zhu
APA Dispute Resolution Center