- Avery Nguyen
![Avery Nguyen](https://lavenderphoenix.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20160112_1416391-150x150.jpg)
AVERY NGUYEN is a 1st generation, Viet-American, gender fluid, queer young adult who has been volunteering with APIENC through our Dragon Fruit Project and trans justice work. They are inspired and ...
- Cynthia Fong
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“I think it’s really cool, seeing connections being made and in a loving way. It’s not like the organization is only invested in people to the extent which they can ...
- Denise Huang
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DENISE HUANG is a queer, 2nd generation Chinese American woman and current student at Mount Holyoke University, a women’s college in Western Massachusetts. Denise, as self-proclaimed “Asian American history geek,” ...
- Shirley Hsin-I Liu
SHIRLEY HSIN-I LIU was born in Taiwan and came to the US when she was three years old. She identifies as a queer Chinese American, and her preferred gender pronouns ...
- Yifan Mai
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YIFAN MAI identifies as a queer cis-male Chinese-Singaporean. Currently, he is a software engineer at Coursera, an education technology company.
Growing up in Singapore, Yifan felt very disconnected from his queer ...
- Team APIENC
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“Being a part of team APIENC, even for just this short while, has been a transformative process for me. I’ve learned a lot about myself and most importantly, about what I want ...
- MLin
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MLIN identifies as an Asian American, Chinese American, gender non-conforming person (and goes by they/theirs pronouns).
After recently graduating from Chapman University, MLin moved back to the Bay Area to navigate ...
- Vida Kuang
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VIDA KUANG identities as a an Asian American/ Chinese American/ Women of color/ Cisgender/ SF Chinatown Native. We met Vida Kuang over the summer through our Dragon Fruit Project and fell ...
- Reynaldo Culannay Jr.
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REYNALDO CULANNAY identifies as a gay, 1st generation Filipino-American college student at Pitzer College in East Southern California. He loves boba, is addicted to coffee, and plays too much League ...
- Jess Suarez
JESS SUAREZ is a radical queer Filipina, passionate about feminist issues, sex positivity, and being a little bit snarky. At the beginning of 2014, Jess got involved with the Dragon ...