About
Our Fellows
Program
2024 Civic Fellows
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Owen Cai
National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNHPI)
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Emma Chan
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Cassidy Chang
University of California,
Berkeley
Emerson Collective
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Fiona Chen
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Kylie Chen
University of California,
Los Angeles
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Katie Cheung
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Ayden Chi
University of California,
Berkeley
Hudson Institute
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Sonal Churiwal
Emerson Collective
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Andrew de la Alas
Washington University in St. Louis
U.S. House of Representative
Cori Bush (MO-01)
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Angela Deng
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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My Fu
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Rachel Gai
National Credit Union Administration
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Merek Hall
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Rehman Hassan
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Katherine He
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Nicole Hoang
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Austin Huang
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Anouska Jani
University of Colorado Boulder
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Yewon Kee
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Ruth Lee
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Bethany Lee
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Kailin Liu
University of Southern California
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Fiona Lu
University of California,
Los Angeles
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Xavian Panjwani
The University of Texas at Austin
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Kiran Patt
Colorado Department of Law
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Michael Raybetz
U.S. Department of Justice
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Yuv Sachdeva
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Sian Salazar
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Marissa Sun
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Michael Sun
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Robert Sun
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Mahima Suresh
Office of the US Trade Representative
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Misaal Tabassum
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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George Tang
College Park
Woodrow Wilson Center
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Amelie Tsao
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Urvi Vallapareddy
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Zayd Virani
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Zoe Wang
U.S. Department of Labor
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Mengyu (Amy) Wu
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Shining Xi
U.S. Department of Labor
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Alvis Yang
District of Columbia Public Schools
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Chloe Yun
National Credit Union Administration
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Kelly Zhang
Hudson Institute
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Saranna Zhang
International Tax and Investment Center
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Tangia Zheng
Colorado State University
Export–Import Bank of the United States
2023 Civic Fellows
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Ryan Abbasi
UC Berkeley
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Maya Adhikari
Rice University
U.S. Department of Justice
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Nicholas Blumenthal
University of Florida
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Christopher Cao
American University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Grace Chen
Cornell University
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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Michael Sun
New York University
Small Business Administration
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Wei Hung
University of California, Irvine
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Rebekah Jin
Loyola University Chicago
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Shaun Karakkattu
Vanderbilt University
USAID
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Vanessa Lee
University of Washington Seattle
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
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Christine Li
Harvard University
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Beatrice Lin
University of Southern California
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Elayni Liu
University of Michigan
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Justin Liu
Georgetown University
Export–Import Bank of the United States
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Sungho Moon
Yale University
Export–Import Bank of the United States
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Tayae Rogers
Wellesley College
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Chloe Ryan
Loyola University Chicago
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Claire Sun
Barnard College
Export–Import Bank of the United States
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Michael Sun
New York University
Small Business Administration
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Rachel Sun
UC Santa Barbara
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
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Rachel Tao
Georgetown University
U.S. Department of Labor
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Adrian Tong
University of California, San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Catherine Tong
University of California, Los Angeles
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Haohan Wang
The University of California Irvine
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Wendy Wang
Washington University in St Louis
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Nicole Wei
George Washington University
U.S. Department of Labor
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Wen Wen
Cornell University
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer
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Matthew Wong
Georgetown University
USAID
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Margaret Wu
Georgetown University
White House Office of Management and Budget
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Kristin Yao
University of Washington Seattle
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Angela Yu
Georgetown University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Jason Xu
University of Washington Bothell
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
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Cynthia Yu
University of Washington
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Tess Yu
Johns Hopkins University
USAID
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Kathleen Zhang
University of Minnesota
USAID
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Sophie Zhang
University of Chicago
Hudson Institute
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Jessica Zou
Pitzer College
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2022 Civic Fellows
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Kyto Batt
University of Michigan
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Jacob Chan
Carnegie Mellon University
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Marcus Chang
Dartmouth College
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Stephen Dai
University of California, Berkeley
U.S. Department of Justice
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Eric Dong
Brown University
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Josh Guo
Yale University
The White House Council on Environmental Quality
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Ali Husaini
Franklin & Marshall College
U.S. Representative Scott Peters (CA-52)
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Rehman Liaqat
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
DC Attorney General’s Office
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Sujin Lee
Michigan State University
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
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Lucas Lin
Georgetown University
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Jodi Lo
University of California, Santa Barbara
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
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Jimmy Murphy
Virginia Military Institute
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Paris Nguyen
Georgetown University
Cato Institute
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Sara Olsen
University of California, Berkeley
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
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Bailey Shen
Boston University
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Richard Shu
University of Michigan
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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Gabbi Son
The College of New Jersey
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Samyuktha Sreeram
Duke University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Macy Su
Vanderbilt University
U.S. Department of Education
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Seraphine Sun
University of Southern California
U.S. Agency for International Development (AID)
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Colin Wong
University of Colorado Boulder
Presiding Judge Joe Jefferson, Englewood Municipal Court, Colorado
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Duke Wu
Temple University
National Institutes of Health
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Theresa Wu
University of California, Berkeley
U.S. Department of Interior
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Ethan Yin
Georgetown University
U.S. Department of Education
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Kevin Zhang
Georgetown University
Hudson Institute
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Angela Zhong
Harvard University
UN Capital Development Fund
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Joyce Zhou
Harvard University
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2021 Civic Fellows
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Raj Aryal
Hudson Institute
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Jonathan Chen
Columbia University
Federal Aviation Administration
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Richard Dong
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Eric Fan
National Institutes of Health
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Justin Fernando
Michigan State University
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Elaine Ficarra
Drexel University
National Institutes of Health
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Victor Ficarra
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Megumi Fukuzawa
University of Maryland:
Baltimore County
U.S. Rep Kathy Castor (FL-14)
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Nina Gohel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Joe Hong
Environmental Protection Agency
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Sora Heo
University of California: San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development
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Kathleen Jiang
University of California: Los Angeles
Department of Treasury
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Nicole Li
U.S. Department of Labor
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Maya Lu
University of California: San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development
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Chloe Majzel
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Ishani Mehta
U.S. Agency for International Development
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Satyam Sharma
Export-Import Bank of the United States
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Victoria Mui
U.S. Department of Treasury
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Hannah Snyder
Hudson Institute
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Angie Sohn
U.S. Agency for International Development
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Choetsow Tenzin
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Andrew Wan
Federal Aviation Administration
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Munahil Sultana
U.S. Department of the Interior
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James Wang
Minority Business Development Agency
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Jenna Wang
Department of the Interior
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Angie Xiao
Hudson Institute
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Grace Xu
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Jasper Yu
Hudson Institute
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Michael Zhu
U.S. Department of Justice
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Carolyn Zhao
University of Chicago
U.S. Department of Justice & Englewood (CO) Presiding Municipal Judge
2020 Civic Fellows
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Syeda Shadia Ahmed
Federal Communications Commission
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Mengwei (Crystal) Chen
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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Sean Chou
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE & Innovation Spaces)
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Karen Gan
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE & Innovation Spaces)
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Melissa He
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Khana Hoang
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Ethan Hong
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
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Emilie Hu
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative & Innovation Spaces)
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Esther Hung
Minority Business Development Agency
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Daniel Kim
Columbia University
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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Adrian Lam
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
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Ellen Lasko
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Matthew Leung
Minority Business Development Agency
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Julian Lin
Minority Business Development Agency
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Michelle Lin
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE)
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Sean Lin
Minority Business Development Agency
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Sarah Lu
DOJ/ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Aaron Pathak
EPA/ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
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Ilena Peng
Federal Communications Commission
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Christine Shan
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE & Innovation Spaces)
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Adney Silva
Rep. Meng
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Rebecca Soo
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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Linda Tang
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
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Jeffrey Tsai
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Callie Wen
USAID/ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Justin Yuan
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative
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Angie Zhang
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
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Yanni Zhang
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE)
Alumni
2019 Civic Fellows
- Nolan Burdett – House of Representatives
- Carolyn Chen – House of Representatives
- Channing Chi – EPA
- Manali Joshi – USAID
- Hannah Kim – Federal Communications Commission
- Ashley Lai – EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management
- Ruth Lee – EPA, Office of Administrative & Executive Services
- Kiana Lui – MBDA, Office of Legislative, Education & Intergovernmental Affairs
- Fei Mo – MBDA, Office of Legislative, Education & Intergovernmental Affairs
- Miles Mochizuki – EPA, Office of General Counsel
- Abhi Nathan – House of Representatives
- Anthony Nguyen – FEMA
- Alex Pu – EPA, Office of Environmental Education
- Alex Qi – Aerospace Industries Association
- Vikram Vallapareddy – House of Representatives
- Kimiko Varner – TRE, Bureau of Fiscal Service
- Yvonne Wu – EPA, Office of Environmental Justice
- Brian Xu – USAID, Bureau for Asian, Outreach and Communications Division
- Xue Han Yu – EPA, Office of Chief Financial Officer
- Alan Zhang – SEC Honors
- Yijiang Zhao – Harvard Executive Office of Technology Services and Security
- Jefferson Zhu – Federal Reserve Board
2018 Civic Fellows
- Manjula Andukuri – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Jaime Martin Atilano – U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Charles Castillo – U.S. Agency for Internal Development
- Kristen Chang – U.S. Senate
- Monica Chan – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Albert Ha – U.S. Department of Transportation
- Kevin Han – Minority Business Development Agency
- Elena Jiao – Minority Business Development Agency
- JoAnn Jung – U.S. Department of Education
- Nuha Khalfay – U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
- Jessica Li – U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
- Louis Lin – U.S. Department of Transportation
- Emerson Liu – U.S. House of Representatives
- An Nguyen-Phan – U.S. Department of Transportation
- Stanley Shaw – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Rachel Su – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Cynthia Sun – U.S. Agency for Internal Development
- Casey Wang – Minority Business Development Agency
- Daniel Warner – U.S. Department of Transportation
- Alexander Wiederkehr – U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Angela Wu – U.S. Senate
- Isaac Kim – U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
- Dorothy Lee – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2017 Civic Fellows
- Michael Chang, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Trenton Chang, Stanford University, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Joy Chiu, Yale University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Patricia Choi, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Natasha Cox, Columbia University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Yijun (Tom) Feng, University of Georgia, U.S. Department of Treasury
- Sean Gu, University of Michigan, U.S. Department of Treasury
- Angela He, Fordham University, U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- Sophie He, Boston College, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Heidi Hsiao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. Department of Treasury
- Preston Huang, Duke University, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Kathryn Jian, University of Southern California, U.S. Department of Treasury (TRE)
- Hana Kim, George Washington University, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- So Jung Kim, University of Michigan, U.S. House of Representatives
- Arria Lakha, Brown University, U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- Brian Le, Harvard University, U.S. Department of Treasury (TRE)
- Ryan Lee, Brown University, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Alexander Li, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Department of Treasury (TRE)
- Florrie Li, University of Washington – Seattle, U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA)
- Sean Liu, Rice University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Neha Manu, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Na-Yeon Park, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, U.S. House of Representatives
- Madison Schumacher, Macalester College, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Jin Sohn, Middlebury College, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Benjamin Soong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA)
- Megha Torpunuri, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Vaimalu Vaiau, American Samoa Community College, U.S. House of Representatives
- Rebecca Wang, Stony Brook University, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA FSIS)
- Hank Wu, New York University, U.S. Department of Treasury
- Kevin Yen, The University of Texas at Austin, U.S. Department of Treasury
- Kion You, Brown University, U.S. House of Representatives
- Jinchen Zou, Yale University, U.S. Department of Treasury
2016 Civic Fellows
- Safiyah Bharwani – MBDA, Department of Commerce
- Lilian Chan – HHS, Office of Minority Health
- Olivia Chang – EPA
- Amanda Chen – USAID, Bureau for Latin America, Strategy Department
- Julia Duong – MBDA, Office of Business Development
- Sean Fisher – International Monetary Fund (IMF), Secretary’s Department
- Christopher Gao – USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Isabella Gatti – EPA, Office of Environmental Information
- Kevin Gwen – Department of Treasury, Debt Management
- Michelle Hoang – USDA, Human Resources Division Office of Management Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Kabir Hossain – Office United States Congresswoman Grace Meng
- Annalie Jiang – USAID, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs
- Caroline Kim – Office of Congressman Charles Rangel
- Esther Kim – USAID, Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning
- Liu Lafaele – U.S. House of Representatives Office of Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen
- Lyndsay Lee – HHS, Office of Minority Health
- Nathan Lo – Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
- Kyle Lui – Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
- Victoria Ma – HHS, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
- Sumaia Masoom – White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders
- Janel Mendoza
- George Park
- Victoria Peng – HHS
- Kelly Song – EPA, Office of Water
- Yifan Song – MBDA, Department of Commerce
- Sarah Tang – USAID
2015 Civic Fellows
- Gracie Chang – HHS, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
- Jing-Shuan Chen – EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
- Wayne Chen – USAID, Asia Bureau, Office of Strategic Planning and Operations
- Karim Farishta – USAID, Office of Inspector General/Investigations
- Aaron Huang – EPA, Office of Executive Services within the Office of the Administrator
- Stella Huang – USAID, Asia Bureau
- Adya Jain – EPA
- Selina Jan – Office of Congresswoman Grace Meng
- Joyce Kim – U.S. Department of Education, International and Foreign Language Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
- Samuel Kim – Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety Organization
- Jocelyn Lai – Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention
- Jung-Ju Lee – DoD, National Defense University, Eisenhower School
- Jessica Liang – USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Jessica Liu – Program for Public Consultation
- Andre Luu – USAID, Office of Engagement & Communications, United States Global Development Lab
- Vy Luu – U.S. Department of Education, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
- Michelle Mui – Department of the Treasury, Office of Economic Policy
- Jonathan Nguyen – DoD, National Defense University, Eisenhower School
- Aaron O’Hoyt – HHS, Office of Minority Health
- Sofi Sinozich – Pew Research Center, American Politics
- Calvin Su – MBDA, Office of Public Affairs
- Andrew Wang – Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service
- Henry Xu – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
- William Yang – EPA, Office of Water
- Tiffany Yue – MBDA, Department of Commerce
- Emily Zhen – Department of the Treasury, Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Improvement (OSPPI)
2014 Civic Fellows
- Nikhil Bontha, House of Representatives
- Justin Chang, MBDA
- Norman Chang, NASA
- Juliette Chen, Department of the Treasury
- Jeffrey Chien, USAID
- Melinda Chou, Department of Health and Human Services
- Hau Chu, MBDA
- Joanne Chua, USAID
- Kimberly Dao, USAID
- Jason Hong, Department of State, USAID
- Yuna Kim, USAID
- Emily Kong, USAID
- Leona Lam, MBDA
- Connie Lee, Federal Aviation Administration
- Justin Lee, Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Annie Li, MBDA
- Belinda Li, House of Representatives
- Christopher Liao, Department of Agriculture
- Amy Muramoto, Food Safety and Inspection Agency
- Tin Nguyen-Phan, Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Tarlochan Rakhra, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
- Linda Ren, USAID
- Eunice Roh, Center for American Progress
- Rohan Shetty, Office of Minority Health
- Bee Vang, Department of the Treasury
- Prama Verma, Federal Aviation Administration
- Christopher Wu, Federal Aviation Administration
- Li Zhu, Department of the Treasury
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