AAPI Stories

March 11, 2022
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Donna Lum, AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

I’m thrilled to join such an enthusiastic and hard-working group at AAPI Caucus. There are so many issues facing us as part of the hugely diverse but “silent minority” but......
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July 02, 2021
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Sruthi Venkatraman, AAPI Caucus Events Working Group Member

Sruthi Venkatraman lives in Bangalore, India and votes in Washington. Inspired by The West Wing like many others, she took the plunge into the world of U.S. Politics from abroad......
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July 02, 2021
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Susan Takao, AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

Greetings from Perth, Western Australia on the coast of the Indian Ocean. I have been a member of Democrats Abroad since moving to Perth nearly 28 years ago from Santa......
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May 28, 2021
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Saehee Chang, Germany AAPI Caucus

Hi everyone! Greetings from Nürnberg, Germany. I decided to volunteer for Democrats Abroad Germany AAPI Caucus because it is personal and important to me. As a naturalized Korean American from......
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May 28, 2021
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Wy Ming Lin, Germany AAPI Caucus

Hi! I'm Wy Ming (pronounced just like Wyoming, without the O 😉) and I am a New York voter originally from Brooklyn. I've lived all over Germany and have spent......
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May 25, 2021
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Angela Chen, AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

Angela Chen is a California voter, and a member of the AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member. She lives in Singapore with her husband and daughter, having arrived in November 2020......
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April 10, 2021
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Quyen Nguyen, Former AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

Hi! I’m Quyen. I am an Iowa voter and have lived in Bogotá, Colombia for over four years. Previously, I also lived abroad in Vietnam and Thailand. I have been......
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April 08, 2021
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Karen Frankenstein, AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

I joined Democrats Abroad as an active volunteer in 2016. Having lived abroad in Europe and Asia for much of my life, feeling like an American abroad wasn’t really a......
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March 13, 2021
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Ifung Lu, Former AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

Hi! I'm Ifung! I am of Taiwanese-Chinese descent and I vote in Illinois. I joined Democrats Abroad in 2016 when I was living in London. After over a decade spent......
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March 10, 2021
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Sam Wong, Former Global AAPI Caucus Steering Committee Member

Last year, a small group of amazing, uplifting, and dedicated individuals came together to form the Democrats Abroad Asian American and Pacific Islander Global Caucus. In the beginning our virtual......
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