Chanchanit (Chancee) Martorell (Thai CDC).

It was a great honor for me when former students established a scholarship in my name in the Asian American Studies Department.first-generation AAPI students and in Long Beach.

This organization served as another important professional organization for me and I would serve as a board member later in my career.It was a director position in the Counseling Center that would provide new challenges and an opportunity to grow professionally.I was at UCI for 16 years and felt very established there.

but continue to be involved with other community organizations.One of the factors that drew me to CSULB was the opportunity to work with Alan Nishio.

and need to have a better understanding of the barriers that persist for AAPI leadership.

There are many pathways to top leadership positions in higher education.vThe deportation of Vietnamese.

many Vietnamese and Laotian immigrants with removal orders have lived in their communities for decades.The 158 Vietnamese and Laotian immigrants who were recently deported.

that provides for the repatriation of Lao-tian immigrants with deportation orders and has long been labeled by the U.iiiSoutheast Asian immigrants are four times more likely to be deported because of previous criminal convictions than any other immigrant group.