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The Anheuser-Busch FellowsCelebrating a New Generation of Asian Pacific American Leaders

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The Anheuser-Busch Fellows

Celebrating a New Generation of Asian Pacific American Leaders

1995-2005

August A. Busch III, Chairman of the Board, Anheuser-Busch Companies ac-

cepts the Bridge Builder Award from Secretary of Transportation Norman Y.

Mineta at the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium’s (NAPALC)

7th Annual American Courage Awards in Washington, D.C. in 2003.

Left to right: Steven A. Busch, Congressman Michael M. Honda (D-CA), the

Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and

August A. Busch III.

FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, AUGUST A. BUSCH IIIAt Anheuser-Busch, we celebrate the contributions of the Asian Pacific

American (APA) communities by supporting programs that help develop

the next generation of leadership. Anheuser-Busch created its first APA

fellowship 10 years ago. Since then, we have awarded over 150 fellows and

scholars working closely with 13 APA organizations nationwide. We hope

our fellowships will inspire emerging talent through recognition and intro-

ductions to Asian American mentors who can help show the way.

I hope you are as proud as we are of the achievements these fellows have made so far. We look forward to watching their success as we continue to expand our programs and broaden our partnership with these APA organi-zations.

Anheuser-Busch is pleased to publish this book as a resource for finding

opportunities and young talent in the APA community.

August A. Busch III

Chairman of the Board

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

From David L. Kim 00.03

A Legacy Of Leadership: Where Are They Now? 00.04

Anheuser-Busch AALDEF Legal Fellow 01.05

Anheuser-Busch APAWLI Fellows 02.07

Anheuser-Busch March Fong Eu Community Fellowships 03.09

Anheuser-Busch Frank Horton Fellowships 04.10

Anheuser-Busch JASC Scholars 05.15

Anheuser-Busch Leadership In Action Summer Interns 06.17

Anheuser-Busch Ang Lee Fellows 07.20

Anheuser-Busch Norman Y. Mineta Fellows 08.24

Anheuser-Busch NAPABA Law Foundation Presidential Scholars 09.29

The Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition Winners 09.36

Anheuser-Busch NAPALC Fellows 10.39

Anheuser-Busch Nihonmachi Fellows 11.42

Anheuser-Busch Smithsonian Internship 12.44

Anheuser-Busch Minoru Yasui Memorial Law School Scholarships 13.45

Directory Of Partnering Organizations 14.53

FROM DAVID L. KIMWhen each of the Anheuser-Busch Fellows was selected, we were already proud

of their accomplishments in their academic careers. We wanted to find a way to

encourage and distinguish these outstanding young adults as they started their

professional lives. The Anheuser-Busch fellowships are designed to provide op-

portunities, frequently placing these young people in elite positions within gov-

ernment or institutions where they are given prestigious assignments providing

them the access and exposure that will jump start their careers.

This book is an opportunity to look back at the work the fellows have performed

after their fellowships. Within these pages, you will meet an attorney who is

combating anti-Asian hate crimes in the aftermath of September 11th, a counter-

terrorism expert who is negotiating international agreements, a filmmaker who

was honored at the Cannes International Film Festival and a fellow elected to

the Hawaii State Legislature. These are just a few of the fellows our communities

can be proud of.

The theme behind these fellows is their commitment to continue to use their edu-

cation and skills to foster a new generation of leaders. Many are teachers or admin-

istrators in higher education. Others are officers of Asian Pacific American profes-

sional organizations and are mentoring the next class of Anheuser-Busch Fellows.

The Anheuser-Busch fellowship program has been a success over the past decade.

We look forward to celebrating their future accomplishments as they continue

their promising careers.

David L. Kim

Director of Sales Development and Community Relations

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

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Mariju Bofill, 1999 A-B Norman Y. Mineta Fellow, 1999 NAPABA Law Foundation Presidential ScholarBofill is the Special Assistant to the Acting Assistant

Secretary of International Organization Affairs at the

Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Soo Young Chin, 1998 A-B APAWLI FellowDr. Chin has written Bearing Witness: Exorcism, Death,

& the Law which will be published in an anthropology

of Korean American Religions and Spirituality. She is the

Director of Development, Korean Health, Education,

Information & Research Center.

Vida Gosrisirikul, 1996 A-B NAPABA Law Foundation Presidential ScholarGosrisirikul is a shareholder of the law firm Mondero Rim

D’Souza & Gosrisirikul, Ltd.

Dany Khy, 2001 A-B Frank Horton FellowKhy is the Communications Assistant for Congresswoman

Betty McCollum (MN-04) in Washington, D.C.

Sin Yen Ling, 2000-2002 A-B AALDEF Legal FellowLing was chosen by National Pacific American Bar

Association (NAPABA) as one of the Best Lawyers

Under 40. Ling also received the New York County

Lawyers’ Associatons’ Public Service Award and the

Joseph Minsky Young Lawyers Award at the American

Immigration Lawyers Association’s Annual Conference in

New Orleans.

Scott Nishimoto, 1997 A-B Frank Horton FellowNisimoto was elected to the Hawaii State Legislature as a

representative for Hawaii’s 21st District: Honolulu, Hawaii

in 2002 and re-elected in 2003.

Puoy K. Premsrirut, 1998 A-B Minoru Yasui ScholarPremsrirut was appointed by the Board of County

Commissioners for the office of Member, Justice of the

Peace Judicial Selection Committee. She was named one

of the Most Influential Business Women in Southern Nevada

2002 by In Business Las Vegas.

Gautam Rana, 1998 A-B NAPALC FellowRana is currently a diplomat with the State Department sta-

tioned in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Michael Sandoval, 1998 A-B Ang Lee FellowSandoval’s film, The Good Son, was accepted at the 2003

Berlin International Film Festival.

Anurag Varma, 1996 A-B Minoru Yasui FellowVarma is a civil rights attorney at the law firm of Conlon,

Frantz, Phelan & Pires, LLP, representing over 25,000

African-American farmers across 35 states in their $1 billion

racial discrimination class action lawsuit and settlement

against the Department of Agriculture. Varma also serves

as Washington, D.C. counsel and lobbyist for the American

Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the

nation’s largest ethnic medical association.

A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

0101. ANHEUSER-BUSCH AALDEF LEGAL FELLOW

AALDEF: NEW YORK, NY[ Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund ]

Founded in 1974, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

(AALDEF) is the first legal rights organization on the East Coast serving Asian

Americans. Founded by a group of lawyers, law students and community ac-

tivists who believed that the law should be used as a tool to achieve social

and economic justice for Asian Americans and all Americans, AALDEF aims to

build an Asian American community that is informed and active in American

civic life. Among its ongoing projects, AALDEF combats Anti-Asian violence

through advocacy and legal representation, is a leading advocate in the fight

against sweatshops and illegal work conditions and defends the rights of im-

migrants and low-income tenants. AALDEF has facilitated access to the demo-

cratic process by securing bilingual election materials for Chinese American

voters in New York under the federal Voting Rights Act, and was instrumental

in the the efforts to secure redress for the 120,000 Japanese Americans who

were unjustly interned in American concentration camps during World War II.

2000-2002 Sin Yen Ling

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Anheuser-Busch presents a

$25,000 donation to AALDEF

to support the A-B AALDEF

Legal Fellowship on Febru-

ary 25, 2002 at Piers 60, Chel-

sea Piers in New York City.

Left to right; David L. Kim, Director of Sales Development and Community Re-

lations, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Ed Fitzmaurice, Vice President and General

Manager, Anheuser-Busch Sales of New York, Inc., Fred Korematsu, 2002 Jus-

tice in Action Award Recipient and Sin Yen Ling, A-B AALDEF Legal Fellow.

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SIN YEN LING

Ling was chosen by NAPABA as one of the Best

Lawyers Under 40 in 2002. As the awardee of

the Anheuser-Busch Asian American Legal

Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) fellow-

ship, Ling found not only an opportunity to

help the community, but a permanent posi-

tion with the agency. The fellowship was in-

strumental in building a community response

around Wen Ho Lee — a case that has pushed

the Asian Pacific American community to con-

front issues of criminal justice and to open

dialogue with communities of color for the

first time around racial profiling. With con-

tinued support from Anheuser-Busch in 2001,

Ling developed a Youth Rights project that

provided legal assistance to one of the most

underserved communities in New York City.

The project challenged laws and policies that

have contributed to racial profiling of Asian

American youth. It also empowered and edu-

cated Asian American youth about the impor-

tance of knowing their rights and to challenge

the negative image of youth generated by the

media and public officials. Ling is a staff at-

torney for AALDEF.

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year awarded: 2000

SIN YEN LING

“With Anheuser-Busch’s support,

I have provided legal assistance to

victims of anti-Asian violence and

police misconduct. I have expanded

AALDEF’s outreach beyond New

York City into areas with a growing

population of Asian Americans. The

Anheuser-Busch fellowship made it

all possible,” says Ling.

0202. ANHEUSER-BUSCH APAWLI FELLOWS

APAWLI: LA MESA, CA[ Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute ]

The Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute (APAWLI) is the

only national non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and enrich-

ing leadership skills for Asian American and Pacific Island women leaders.

APAWLI’s mission is to address the challenges facing us and to nurture

trusteeship within our communities by expanding leadership capacity,

fostering awareness of Asian American and Pacific Island issues, creat-

ing a supportive network of Asian American and Pacific Island women and

strengthening community.

1998 Dr. Soo Young Chin

1997 Marie Falefitu Ma’o

1996 Yvonne Yin-Hung Lee

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DR. SOO-YOUNG CHIN

DR. SOO-YOUNG CHIN

Soo-Young Chin, Ph.D. is a cultural anthropologist who

received her doctorate in Human Development & Aging

from University of California, San Francisco (1990) and

did a post-doctorate fellowship in Culture & Mental Health

at the University of Chicago (1994). Dr. Chin was on fac-

ulty at San Jose State University (1991-1993) and at the

University of Southern California (1995-2000). She was

Director of the Korean American Museum (2000-2001) be-

fore she started working as a nonprofit development and

legal consultant. She consults for nonprofit health and arts

organizations and is an expert witness for criminal and

civil cases involving Asian and Asian American cultures.

Dr. Chin also teaches one class a year at Ponoma, Scripps

or UCLA, and is a Co-Principle Investigator for a study

on Health Disparities among Korean American Women in

Breast Cancer Re-Screening funded by the BCRP (Breast

Cancer Research Program), and a study on Eastern v.

Western methods of Smoking Cessation funded by AANCART

(Asian American Network of Cancer Awareness, Research

& Training—NIH Funded). Dr. Chin is preparing two manu-

scripts for publication. She has written Bearing Witness:

Exorcism, Death & the Law which will be published in an

anthology of Korean American Religions & Spirituality. She

is the Director of Development, Korean Health, Education,

Information & Research Center, 2002-present.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998

university of chicago,

class of 1994

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0303. ANHEUSER-BUSCH MARCH FONG EU COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIPS

The Anheuser-Busch March Fong Eu Community Fellowship was created in 1998

to encourage leadership in the Asian American community. The fellowship is

named after March Fong Eu, the former U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia and

former Secretary of State of California, making her the first Asian American

woman ever elected to a state constitutional office in the United States.

APEX: LOS ANGELES, CA[ Asian Professional Exchange ]

The Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) is an organization of Southern

California professionals that raise awareness of the Asian American community

through philanthropic service, networking opportunities and organizing cul-

tural events.

DAREN R. MOOKO

Mooko is a fourth generation Japanese American

who serves as the Director of the Asian American

Resource Center at Pomona College in Claremont,

California. During his tenure, Mooko had the

distinction of initiating an inter-collegiate de-

partment of Asian American Studies at Pomona

College. This was the first department of its kind

to be established at a liberal arts institution. Very

active in the community, he also serves on the

Board of Advisors for the Midwest Asian American

Student Union where he advises student leaders in

the Midwest region on matters of leadership devel-

opment, ethnic identity and organizational devel-

opment. Mooko earned his Bachelor’s degree from

San Diego State University and a Master’s degree

in Higher Education at the University of Vermont.

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year awarded: 1998

university of vermont

JENNIFER YEE

Yee is a lecturer in education at UCLA and a con-

sultant on mentoring, intercultural communica-

tion, organizational culture and transformation.

For over ten years, she worked in higher educa-

tion at CSU Long Beach, Stanford, NYU, UCLA and

Mount St. Mary’s College. As the A-B March Fong

Eu Community Fellow, Yee proposed and co-found-

ed the APEX Mentoring Program and has matched

more than 200 APA college students with mentors.

During her fellowship, Yee met some extraordinari-

ly courageous people who inspired her research on

APA activists and their mentoring relationships.

“The fellowship opened my eyes to community

issues and the need for mentoring to foster a com-

mitment to democracy and social justice among

APA’s,” Yee says.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997

university of california,

class of 2001

1998 Daren R. Mooko

1997 Jennifer Yee

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04. ANHEUSER-BUSCH FRANK HORTON FELLOWSThe late former Congressman Frank Horton played a leading role in designat-

ing May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In honor of his effort, the

Anheuser-Busch Frank Horton Fellowship Program selects a college graduate

who has demonstrated a commitment to the Asian Pacific American com-

munity and seeks to pursue a career in public policy. The Fellowship places a

graduate in an office of a Member of Congress, a federal agency or a nonprofit

public policy organization.

“I was proud to take part in the Anheuser-Busch Fellowship. I am pleased that

Anheuser-Busch has established the fellowship for young Asian Pacific Americans

making it beneficial for young leaders to succeed.”

— The late former Congressman Frank Horton

APAICS: WASHINGTON, D.C.[ Asian Pacific Institute for Congressional Studies ]

APAICS is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational organization that increases the

participation of Asian Pacific Americans in the public policy making process at

the national, state, and local levels. APAICS was founded in 1995 by Secretary

of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and includes other nationally known Asian

Pacific American leaders in business, government and community circles.

“APA political empowerment. Filling the political pipeline. These are the main

goals of APAICS. Anheuser-Busch has supported one of APAICS’ key programs—

the Frank Horton Fellowship—and we are already seeing the fruits of our invest-

ment. The very first Horton Fellow, Scott Nishimoto, has been elected to the

Hawaii House of Representatives. Without Anheuser-Busch’s partnership, APAICS

would not be able to assist in the bourgeoning interest of the APA community to

be civically involved.”

— Daphne Kwok, Executive Director of APAICS

2004 Jennifer Yang

2003 Umair Khan

2002 Elizabeth Lee

2001 Dany Khy

2000 Cynthia Marasigan

1999 Penny Thuy Trieu

1998 Stephanie Yu

1997 Scott Nishimoto

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UMAIR KHAN

Khan graduated from Cornell University

with a B.A. in Government and Near

Eastern Studies. He served as the

A-B Frank Horton Fellow in the office of

Congressman Michael M. Honda (D-CA),

the Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific

American Caucus (CAPAC). As a fellow,

Khan was part of a team that assisted in

institutionalizing the Congressional Asian

Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC). He was

responsible for the operations of CAPAC

and served as Legislative Assistant on Civil

Rights, Veterans Affairs, Postal Service,

Census and Federal Emergency Assistance.

Since completing his fellowship, he

has served as the State Ethnic Field

Coordinator with the Michigan Coordinated

Campaign for Kerry/Edwards.

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year awarded: 2003

cornell university

class of 2003

JENNY YANG

Yang graduated from Gustavus Adolphus

College in St. Peter, MN with a B.A. in

Political Science. She spent nine months

in Washington, D.C. in the office of


the Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific

American Caucus (CAPAC). She assisted

in staffing the Caucus and provided sup-

port where needed. She also researched

and worked on several key legislations

and issues that are affecting the Asian

Pacific Islander communities. Prior to the

fellowship, she worked with Southeast

Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) in

Washington, D.C.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004

gustavus adolphus college

class of 2004

ELIZABETH LEE

Lee served her fellowship in the office of


Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific

Caucus (CAPAC). She graduated from

Scripps College dual majoring in Economics

and Politics and International Policy.

Following the A-B Frank Horton Fellowship,

Lee was hired by Congressman Honda to be

a Field Representative in his district office

in Silicon Valley. As a Field Representative,

she handled issues related to High Tech/

Telecom, Healthcare, Trade, Civil Rights,

Homeland Security, as well as other issues

important to Silicon Valley. Lee is at UC

Hastings in San Francisco pursuing a J.D.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002


hastings college of law

class of 2007

JENNIFER YANG

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DANY KHY

Khy served her fellowship in the office of

Congressman David Wu (D-OR), Chair of

the Congressional Asian Pacific American

Caucus. She assisted in staffing the Caucus.

Khy is from Malden, Massachusetts and

graduated from Brandeis University with

a B.A. in American Studies and History.

Her senior independent research project

was entitled Courage and Resilience: The

Resettlement of Cambodian Women Refugees.

Khy works as a Communications Assistant

for Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-

04) in Washington, D.C.

n [data]

year awarded: 2001

brandeis university

class of 2001

CYNTHIA MARASIGAN

Marasigan is a PhD candidate in the

Department of History at the University

of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She passed her

preliminary examinations in post-1865 U.S.

history, Asian American history, and com-

parative colonialisms. Her research inter-

ests include U.S. empire in the Philippines

and Filipino immigration to the United

States. Under her A-B Frank Horton fellow-

ship from 2000-2001, Marasigan worked

for Honorable Robert Underwood, the

Delegate representing Guam and the former

Chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific

American Caucus (CAPAC).

n [data]

year awarded: 2000

university of michigan

class of 2007

DANY KHYELIZABETH LEEUMAIR KHAN CYNTHIA MARASIGAN

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PENNY THUY TRIEU STEPHANIE YU

STEPHANIE YU

Yu received her legal degree with honors

from the George Washington University

Law School in 2002. While attending law

school, Yu served as Editor-in-Chief for

The Environmental Lawyer law journal and

published a scholarly note, The Smart-

Growth Revolution: Loudoun County, Virginia

and Lessons to Learn. Yu is a founding

member of the Dartmouth College Asian

Pacific American Alumni Association and a

member of the Dartmouth College Class of

1997 Executive Committee. Yu has been an

Attorney Advisor with the Department of

the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, since

January 2004.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998

george washington university,

school of law

class of 2002

PENNY THUY TRIEU

Trieu graduated cum laude from Mount

Holyoke College. She worked for Honorable

Robert Underwood, the Delegate repre-

senting Guam and the former Chairman of

the Congressional Asian Pacific American

Caucus (CAPAC). Her responsibilities in-

cluded leading Caucus staff level meetings,

drafting letters, House Floor speeches and

statements, preparing press releases, staff-

ing meetings and briefings on behalf of

the Congressman, and communicating with

Asian Pacific American grassroots organi-

zations. She worked on issues related to

APA communities, such as immigration and

welfare reform. Trieu is working as a deputy

public defender in San Diego.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999



class of 2003

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“It was an honor and privilege to

serve as the first Anheuser-Busch Frank

Horton Fellow. The experience provided

me with the valuable opportunity

to work in our nation’s capital and

strengthened my commitment to a

career in public service. As a Fellow

attending Congressional hearings and

preparing daily Asian Pacific American

Institute for Congressional Studies

briefings, I was able to gain insight

into our public process and realized the

need for leaders in our communities.

The knowledge I gained as a Fellow

motivated me to run for public office

and continues to inspire me on a daily

basis as I work for the best interests of

the people of Hawaii.” - Representative

Nishimoto

REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT NISHIMOTO

Nishimoto became the first Asian Pacific

American Institute for Congressional

Studies’ Anheuser-Busch Frank Horton

Fellow and worked for nine months in the

APAICS office after graduation. Nishimoto’s

beginnings in politics were by chance. A

story in the student newspaper had called

for more student leaders and as a result,

he decided to run for senator on the

University of Hawaii Student Council. This

involvement in student council gave him

his taste of the political arena and from

there, his hunger for political activism

grew. In 2002, Nishimoto was elected to

the Hawaii State Legislature as a represen-

tative for Hawaii’s 21st District: Kapahulu,

Diamond Head. He was re-elected in 2003.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997

representative: 21st district

hawaii state capitol

honolulu, hi

SCOTT NISHIMOTO

Representative Scott Nishimoto, the first

A-B Frank Horton Fellow, with the late

former Congressman Frank Horton in 1997.

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0505. ANHEUSER-BUSCH JASC SCHOLARSThe A-B JASC scholarship is awarded to graduating high school seniors and to

students who are currently attending a college or university to provide finan-

cial assistance to promising students who have demonstrated both academic

excellence and service to the Japanese American community.

JASC: CHICAGO, IL[ Japanese American Service Committee ]

Founded in 1946, the JASC provides comprehensive social services such as

adult day care, home support care and counseling to the diverse community of

the greater Chicagoland area. The JASC is also dedicated to raising awareness

and preserving its Japanese American heritage through the presentation of

educational and cultural programming.

“The Anheuser-Busch JASC scholarship encourages young adults to develop values

to give service and to stay connected to their ethnic communities. We are thank-

ful to Anheuser-Busch for their support and for recognizing the importance of

these scholarships to our community.”

– Jean Fijiu, Executive Director of JASC

2004 Misako Rivera

2002 Jeffrey Tademoto

2001 Kathleen Mitomi

2000 Kristin R. Naito

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JEFFREY TADEMOTO

Tademoto is a junior at Northern Illinois

University in DeKalb majoring in communi-

cations and pursuing his musical interests

in his spare time. He is a basketball coach

for the Sansei-Yonsei Athletic Association

and volunteers at various JASC functions.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002

KRISTIN R. NAITO

During her years at Whitney M. Young

Magnet High School, Naito was an active

member of the Asian American Club. An

honor student, Naito has a long history of

community service with the JASC, JACL,

and the Sansei-Yonsei Athletic Association.

Naito studied business at the University of

Illinois, Chicago.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000

KATHLEEN MITOMI

Mitomi attends DePaul University in

Chicago and will graduate in 2005 with a

business degree. Mitomi credits the JASC

as helping her in her process of self-dis-

covery as she joins other young people of

Japanese ancestry.

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year awarded: 2001

MISAKO RIVERA

For four years, Rivera was a member of the

girls swim team at Niles West High School.

In her senior year, she was elected swim

team captain by her coaches and fellow

team members and served as an assistant

trainer helping other student athletes.

Misako participated in track and field,

gymnastics and volunteered at the Midwest

Buddhist Temple and JASC. Rivera is at

Northern Illinois University pursuing her

interest in athletic training.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004

0606. ANHEUSER-BUSCH LEADERSHIP IN ACTION SUMMER INTERNSLeadership In Action (LIA) is a summer internship program designed to de-

velop emerging leaders by providing college students with practical leader-

ship skills and the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working in Asian

Pacific American community organizations. The program takes learning beyond

the classroom, giving students opportunities to gain real-life experience

working with prominent members of the Asian Pacific American community.

LEAP: LOS ANGELES, CA[ Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics ]

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) is a national non-profit organiza-

tion founded in 1982 to achieve full participation and equality for Asian Pacific

Americans. Unmatched in vision and scope, LEAP offers leadership training,

publishes original public policy research, and conducts community education to

advance a comprehensive strategy of Asian Pacific American empowerment.

“Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) is proud to be conducting the

Anheuser-Busch Leadership in Action (LIA) internship program. We are thrilled

that Anheuser-Busch has decided to demonstrate its commitment to community

empowerment and leadership by agreeing to sponsor this program. Our Leadership

In Action interns have an excellent track record of finding post-college jobs

through the connections made from their summer in Los Angeles. We’re proud

that the alumni of our program have come away with first-hand experience of the

current issues facing the Asian Pacific American communities. In our increasingly

diverse country, knowledge of Asian Pacific American communities will benefit

each intern in any line of work they pursue.”

— J.D. Hokayama, Executive Director of LEAP

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2004 LIA Summer Interns 2003 LIA Summer Interns

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2004 LIA SUMMER INTERNS

Julie Carl, University of California, Berkeley Korean Resource Center

Alexander Guevara, University of Missouri Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts & Culture

Daniel Han, University of Pennsylvania Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Tristan Hurlburt, University of California, Los Angeles Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts & Culture

Mi Hee Jang, Kyungpook National University Korean Resource Center

Amanda Martin, University of California, Berkeley Search to Involve Filipino Americans

Kevin Staub, University of Southern California Japanese American National Museum

Beverly Wong, Seattle University Little Tokyo Service Center


Pauline Chow, University of Illinois East West Players

Young Joo, University of California, Irvine Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance

Bryan Jung, Brandeis University Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California

Sherry Jung, University of California, Irvine People’s Community Organization for Reform & Empowerment (CORE)

Lauren Kim, University of California, Irvine Japanese American National Museum

Nancy Lee, Duke University Little Tokyo Service Center


Tina R. Bhaga, University of California, Los Angeles Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team

Tami Bui, University of California, Irvine LEAP

Carly Hamaguchi, Smith College Japanese American National Museum

Daisy Belle Morales, University of California, Riverside Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts & Culture

Mari Nakano, University of California, Los Angeles Little Tokyo Service Center

Victoria Tung, University of Pennsylvania Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Melanie Ann Tom, University of California, San Diego Little Tokyo Service Center


Neel Garlapati, Pomona College LEAP

Jennifer Hsu, Stanford University Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team

Noel Ito, George Washington University Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches

Sherwin Jocosing, University of California, Riverside Visual Communications

Rosalyn Kawahira, Scripps College Japanese American National Museum

Christibelle Villena, University of California, Riverside Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts & Culture

Diane Yoon, University of Southern California Korean Youth and Community Center

Thomas Yee, University of Southern California Korean Immigrant Worker’s Advocates

2002 LIA Summer Interns 2001 LIA Summer Interns

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0707. ANHEUSER-BUSCH ANG LEE FELLOWSAnheuser-Busch Ang Lee Fellows are chosen based on the submission of a

student’s film in their third year at New York University’s Graduate Film School

who has demonstrated artistic ability and financial need.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GRADUATE FILM SCHOOL: NEW YORK, NY

[ Ang Lee, Director ]

Ang Lee was the IFP Gotham Award recipient of the Bravo Lifetime

Achievement Award, sponsored by Bravo Networks, on September 26, 2002.

Lee’s The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) both

earned Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. The fol-

lowing year, Lee made his English-language debut with the Academy-Award

winning Sense and Sensibility. Lee’s 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

spoken in Mandarin Chinese, received four Academy Awards, earned Lee his

first Academy Award nomination for Best Director and a second Golden Globe

award in the same category.

“In Chinese, the name Ang means peace and harmony. Since graduating in 1984

from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Ang Lee has lived up to

that name, reflecting its spirit in almost all of his films. Lyrical yet challenging,

delicate but strong, his works combine the best of East and West, offering beau-

tiful and unique contributions to the cinematic arts. The establishment of the

Anheuser-Busch Ang Lee Fellowship is intended to continue encouraging young

filmmakers to be creative individuals precisely in that mien; intelligent, thought-

ful, sophisticated, as well as driven and highly dedicated. Mr. Lee has set a very

high standard to which our students always hope to aspire; his fellowship will

help them on their way.”

— Christine Choy, Chairman, NYU Department of Film and Television

2000 Ming Lang Chen

1999 Kevin Feng Ke

1998 Michael Sandoval

1997 Susan Chiu

1996 David Zeller-Ford

1996 Marcella Steingart

1995 Ayana Osada

07.20

MICHAEL SANDOVALMING LANG CHEN KEVIN FENG KE

MING LANG CHEN

Chen entered the New York University

Graduate Film Program in 1998 after study-

ing Journalism in Taiwan. In addition to

working on a short film, he is writing a

feature film script and working as a profes-

sional sound designer.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000

location: new york, ny

KEVIN FENG KE

Ke’s feature-in-progress, Lady Shanghai,

was the runner-up of the “Pitch Me

Contest” at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival

and an official entrant of the prestigious

Pusan Promotion Plan at the 2001 Pusan

International Film Festival. The Official

Account (1999) received the Director’s

Guild of America Award for Best Asian

Filmmaker. His film When East Meets East

(1997) was shown on the Bravo Channel

and premiered at the International

Documentary Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA),

the Toronto International Documentary

Film Festival (Hot Docs), and the Singapore

International Film Festival. Ke is develop-

ing features for several major U.S. studios

as well as China’s Beijing Film Studio, under

the guidance of several of China’s Fifth

Generation directors.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999


07.21

SUSAN CHIU DAVID ZELLER-FORD

MICHAEL SANDOVAL

Sandoval works as a film director and writer

in New York City. He was hired to direct

the film, Ariana, which was awarded the

“Best Of” festival selection at the 2004

Palm Springs Film Festival. Ariana also won

Best Story and Screenplay at the Arrivano

I Corto Film Festival in Italy. Sandoval’s

documentary, The Good Son, was chosen

for the competition screening at the Berlin

Film Festival. He holds an MFA in Film

Production from NYU and an MFA in Fiction

Writing from the University of Michigan.

Sandoval divides his time between teach-

ing, freelance directing and working as

administrative director of media education.

He is preparing for his first feature to be

shot in the Philippines.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998


SUSAN CHIU

Chiu has received numerous awards for her

short films, including the New York Women

in Film and Television Award. Her 25-min-

ute short, Driving Lessons, was featured

at Asian CineVision’s 2002 Asian American

International Film Festival in New York City.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997


DAVID ZELLER-FORD

Zeller-Ford has worked as an actor, play-

wright and director. He has several feature

films currently in development, including

Playhouse ’91 (co-written with Academy

Award Winner Raymond DeFelitta) and Two

Feet Deep, a film noir set in seedy 1950’s

Las Vegas. The world premiere of his first

feature film production, Five Years gar-

nered the Best Feature Film Award at the

2002 Victoria Independent Film and Video

Festival in British Columbia, Canada.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996


07.22

AYANA OSADA

Osada resides in New York City and is

working in the interactive software and

creative media industry. Her previous

employers include WNET/Channel Thirteen

in New York and NHK Japan Broadcasting

Corporation and TV Asahi in Japan. Osada

received her MFA from New York University

Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate School

of Film and Television in 1997, where she

was the first recipient of the A-B Ang

Lee Scholarship. She received her B.A. in

French Literature from Waseda University in

her native, Tokyo.

n [data]

year awarded: 1995


MARCELLA STEINGART

While at NYU, Steingart produced, directed

and shot many award-winning short films

including Thirteen, Underwater, The Trouble

With Louisa, and Meta. Meta (2000) has

been shown at over forty film festivals and

has won the NYU directing award, the Craft

Award for acting and cinematography and

second place at the Wasserman Awards. She

has been nominated by the Directors’ Guild

of America for best female student director

and was a finalist in the Aperture screen-

writing award. She was a researcher and

distribution manager for the PBS documen-

tary Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996


MARCELLA STEINGART

In 2002, Budweiser sponsored an Industry

Networking Cocktail Party at the Asian

American International Film Festival

held at the Asia Society in New York City.

Pictured here are the Anheuser-Busch Ang

Lee Fellows with actor Yoshi Amao (on the

far right). Amao appeared in the Wasabi

version of the Whassup Budweiser com-

mercial, which was selected as the best

commercial of the year in 2000.

07.23

08. ANHEUSER-BUSCH NORMAN Y. MINETA FELLOWSAsian Pacific American Bar Association Education Fund (AEF) awards summer

fellowships each year to law students from around the nation. The primary

purpose of the fellowships is to allow a fellowship recipient to accept an in-

ternship position with a public interest organization that benefits either the

Asian Pacific American community or the metropolitan Washington, D.C. com-

munity-at-large.

AEF: WASHINGTON, D.C.[ Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund] The Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) is a not-

for-profit, tax-exempt corporation established by the Asian Pacific American

Bar Association (APABA) of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area, Inc. in 1993

to engage exclusively in charitable and educational activities. AEF supports a

number of projects aimed at bringing together Asian Pacific American (APA)

attorneys and law students and benefiting the local APA community.

2004 Nicole Tuchinda

2003 Albert Ting

2002 Mustafa Kamal

2001 Yousra Y. Fazili

2000 Rahul M. Shah

1999 Mariju Bofill

1998 Stephen Chen

1997 Arthur Ago

1996 Eugene Chay

08n Left to Right:Anheuser-Busch Norman

Y. Mineta Fellows Eugene Chay, Arthur

Ago, Mariju Bofill, Rahul M. Shah, and

Mustafa Kamal at AEF’s 10th Anniver-

sary in Washington, D.C. in March 2003.

08.24

NICOLE TUCHINDA

Tuchinda is a student at the George

Washington School of Law. With the support

of the A-B Norman Y. Mineta Fellowship,

she helped disadvantaged children with

special educational and medical needs

obtain critical services through a legal

internship at the Children’s Law Center in

Washington, D.C. During her free time, she

lobbies for and decides public policy pri-

orities for the National Network for Youth

and the Mid-Atlantic Network for Youth

and Family Services, a non-profit organiza-

tion that serves and advocates for runaway

and homeless youth. Before law school,

Tuchinda studied medicine at the Johns

Hopkins University of Medicine.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004


school of law

class of 2006

ALBERT TING

Ting interned at the Asian Pacific American

Legal Resource Center (APALRC) in

Washington, D.C. APALRC is a non-profit

organization that assists Asian Pacific

Americans in addressing their legal needs.

During his internship, he worked on the

legal hotline and used his Chinese language

skills to help APALRC clients in matters in-

volving domestic violence, employment and

immigration law. He also compiled a man-

ual to determine whether non-citizen cli-

ents may be eligible for federal assistance

programs. Ting is a J.D. and M.A. candidate

at the American University, Washington

College of Law, Class of 2005.

n [data]

year awarded: 2003

american university,

washington college of law

class of 2005

MUSTAFA KAMAL

As an A-B Norman Y. Mineta Fellow, Kamal

worked as a Legal Intern at Solidarity USA,

a grass-roots civil liberties and human

rights organization in Washington, D.C.

Solidarity USA was formed right after

September 11th to defend the constitution-

al rights of all Americans including South

Asians, Arabs and Muslims. Kamal said, “I

thoroughly benefited from this enriching

experience as a legal intern with hands-on

experience on legal issues as related to

civil liberties in the changing landscape

after 9/11.” A son of a diplomat, Kamal has

lived and studied in Kuwait, Japan, Russia,

Pakistan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia,

Qatar, and the U.S.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002

university of maryland,

school of law

juris doctor 2004

NICOLE TUCHINDA ALBERT TING

08.25

YOUSRA Y. FAZILI

During the summer of 2001, Fazili interned

at the Department of Justice, Special

Litigation Section, assisting persons to rem-

edy institutionalized civil rights violations

and serious inequities in law enforcement.

As an A-B Norman Y. Mineta Fellow, Fazili

worked for the Department of Justice, Civil

Rights Division, Special Litigation Section.

As an advocate for civil rights with the

unique power to work with police depart-

ments, Fazili positively impacted communi-

ties and affected public policy in a way that

decreased racial bias and anti-immigrant

bias. In the wake of September 11th, the

Department of Justice asked Fazili to be the

contact person between the government

and Muslim and South Asian communities.

n [data]

year awarded: 2001



class of 2003

RAHUL M. SHAH

Shah was awarded the A-B Norman Y.

Mineta Fellowship for his work with the

American Immigration Law Foundation,

a non-profit organization that advances

the legal rights of immigrants by promot-

ing fundamental fairness in American im-

migration law and policy. He received his

J.D. cum laude from American University’s

Washington College of Law and his B.A. in

Political Science and Asian Studies from the

University of Michigan. He is an Associate

Attorney with Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen

& Loewy in Iselin, New Jersey where he

provides clients with corporate immigra-

tion services and facilitates the hiring and

transfer of employees worldwide. He is also

a member of the District of Columbia Bar

and the South Asian Bar Association.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000



class of 2000

YOUSRA Y. FAZILIMUSTAFA KAMAL RAHUL M. SHAH

08.26

STEPHEN CHEN

Chen works as an attorney for the

Department of Education’s Office for Civil

Rights in New York. Prior to coming to New

York, he worked in Higher Education at

Emory University, interned at the National

Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium

and drafted legislation at the Senate

Office of the Legislative Counsel. “I have

always had a commitment to working on

issues of civil rights for the Asian Pacific

American community, and receiving this

fellowship enabled me to continue my work

at the National Asian Pacific American

Legal Consortium, as well as encouraging

me in my life-long devotion to such goals.”

Chen says.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998

emory university

class of 2000

MARIJU BOFILL STEPHEN CHEN

“The Anheuser-Busch fellowship symbolizes

an affirmation that the community and those

who care about the community value the

work that activists are engaged in to further

the civil, political, and personal rights of the

underserved.” – Stephen Chen

MARIJU BOFILL

Bofill is the Special Assistant to the

Assistant Secretary of International

Organization Affairs at the Department

of State in Washington, D.C. As an A-B

Norman Y. Mineta Fellow in the Civil Rights

Division of the Department of Justice,

Bofill was deeply involved in address-

ing voting equality in the United States.

During the 1999 Mississippi Primary, she

was responsible for providing oversight for

over ten counties. “Because of these expe-

riences, my commitment to public service

and using the law for equal access and

justice for all Americans has continued un-

waveringly beyond law school,” Bofill says.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999



class of 2001

08.27

ARTHUR AGO

ARTHUR AGO

Ago is a Public Defender for the District

of Columbia and a supervising attorney/

adjunct professor of law in the Criminal

Division at the D.C. Law Students in Court

Program. He was also a board member of

the Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Educational Fund (AEF). As an A-B Norman

Y. Mineta Fellow, Ago served as a law clerk

as the D.C. Public Defender Service. He

is a graduate of the George Washington

University Law School, where he was an

associate on the Law Review and president

of the Asian Pacific American Law Students

Association. Ago holds a B.A. in English

from Amherst College and an M.A. in Asian

American Studies from UCLA.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997


school of law

class of 1998

EUGENE CHAY

EUGENE CHAY

As the first A-B Norman Y. Mineta Fellow

in 1996, Chay interned at the National

Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium

in Washington, D.C. “The fellowship pro-

vided the means for me to do work that

addressed issues close to my heart and

represented some of the most personally

rewarding work I have ever done,” Chay

says. Chay is the President of APABA-DC

for 2004-2005 and is an Attorney Advisor

at the Department of Treasury, Bureau of

Public Debt.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996



class of 1998

08.28

0909. ANHEUSER-BUSCH NAPABA LAW FOUNDATIONPRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSEach year, two Anheuser-Busch NAPABA Law Foundation (NLF) Presidential

Scholarships are awarded to law students who demonstrate particularly

outstanding leadership potential to serve the Asian Pacific American

community, as selected from all of the scholarship applicants by the

Foundation in consultation with the President of NAPABA.

NAPABA: WASHINGTON, D.C.[ National Asian Pacific American Bar Association ]

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association has been instru-

mental in combating hate crimes and anti-immigrant backlash, lobbying

for civil rights reform and advocating diversity in the federal and state

court systems. It represents 40,000 attorneys, judges, law professors and

law students.

NAPABA LAW FOUNDATION[ National Asian Pacific American Bar Association ]

The NAPABA Law Foundation is a non-profit, charitable and educational af-

filiate of NAPABA, tax exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3). The Foundation

provides financial assistance to Asian Pacific American law students who

have demonstrated academic excellence and social leadership, and sup-

ports the development of internships and fellowships for public and com-

munity service relating to Asian Pacific Americans. The Foundation also

sponsors the annual Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition which

gives law students an opportunity to enhance and demonstrate their ap-

pellate advocacy skills on legal issues of particular relevance to the Asian

Pacific American community.

“We’ve been honored to have the support of Anheuser-Busch since 1996.

Through this long-standing support, the NAPABA Law Foundation has been

able to recognize and encourage a new generation of outstanding law stu-

dents who exhibit great promise as future community leaders.”

-Nancy Lee, President of NAPABA Law Foundation

2004 Jah-Juin

“Jared” Ho

2004 Juliana Lee

2003 Ming Hsu Chen

2003 Kristine Minami

2002 Juliet Choi

2002 Christopher

Punongbayan

2001 Angela Okamura

2001 Erin Oshiro

2000 Diana May Lin

2000 Michelle Tong

1999 Mariju Bofill

1999 Jihee Gillian Suh

1998 John Hayakawa

Torok

1998 Rebecca Yee

1997 Grace An-Li Lou

1997 Victoria Wong

1996 Gregory Chen

1996 Vida Gosrisirikul

09.29

JAH-JUIN “JARED” HO

Ho graduated from the University of Utah

with an Honors B.S. in Finance and is

pursuing his J.D. at Brooklyn Law School.

Prior to attending Brooklyn Law School, he

served as the project director for the Utah

Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness

in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice

System. There, he worked with public and

private legal entities to conduct research

and implement systemic improvements for

the fairness of minority and under-repre-

sented communities.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004

university of utah

class of 2002

JULIANNA LEE

Lee is a student at the University of

Michigan Law School, where she is in-

volved with the Asian Pacific American

Law Students Association (APALSA), the

Michigan Journal of International Law,

and the Institute for Research on Women

and Gender. She was a law clerk with the

National Asian Pacific American Legal

Consortium (NAPALC), where she worked on

hate crimes and race relations. Lee received

her B.A. in Japanese Studies and Economics

from Wellesley College and an M.A. in East

Asian studies from Harvard University.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004

university of michigan,

law school

class of 2005

MING HSU CHEN

At New York University Law School,

Chen was on the Executive Board and a

Senior Editor of the NYU Law Review, a

Robert McKay Scholar, and actively in-

volved with the Asian Pacific American

Law Students Association and the Asian

American Bar Association of New York.

She clerked with the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission and interned with

the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, as well

as the National Asian Pacific American

Legal Consortium. She also interned at

the Asian Pacific American Institute for

Congressional Studies (APAICS), working

with the Department of Justice Community

Relations Service.

n [data]

year awarded: 2003

new york university,

school of law

class of 2004

09.30

CHRISTOPHER PUNONGBAYAN

A graduate of Brown University,

Punongbayan has been active in numer-

ous community and legal organizations. He

has performed immigration work with the

San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal

Services where he assisted undocumented

battered women apply for relief under

VAWA and the Catholic Legal Immigration

Network. He also provided legal advocacy

for INS detainees. Punongbayan is a mem-

ber and supporter of three grassroots orga-

nizations: Filipino Civil Rights Advocates;

the Southeast Asian Freedom Network and

Q-TEAM, a queer youth of color social jus-

tice organization.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002

university of california los angeles,

school of law

class of 2004

JULIET CHOI

Choi spent seven years in broadcasting

before pursuing her legal education and

embarking on a career in advocacy for

at-risk children. Among other activities,

she has worked with the National Mental

Health Association, the Federal Center for

Mental Health Services, the child mental

health division of Contra Costa County,

California, Montgomery County, Maryland

and Delaware. She worked as a summer

clerk with the Department of Justice, Civil

Rights Division, the American Constitution

Society for Law and Policy, the National

Asian Pacific American Consortium and is a

former president of her school’s APALSA.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002

university of maryland,

school of law

class of 2003

KRISTINE MINAMI

Minami has been the Director for Public

Affairs for the Japanese American Citizens

League since 1999. In this role, she

was involved in having a school in the

Washington, D.C. area named in honor of

the late former Senator Spark Matsunaga

(D-HI), naming the Seattle federal court-

house for the late Private First Class

William Nakamura, the renaming of “Chinks

Peak” in Idaho, and the appointment of

Stuart Ishimaru to the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission. She is also a

Production Assistant for a local APA cable

TV show, “Ginny’s...where East meets West”

and has worked for the Japan Society

in New York and the Asia Foundation in

Washington, D.C.

n [data]

year awarded: 2003

georgetown university law center

class of 2006

09.31

DIANA MAY LIN

As a student at Pomona College, Lin worked

to establish an Asian American Student

Resource Center and convinced the school

to hire its first full-time Asian American

Studies professor. She continued her ad-

vocacy on issues affecting Asian Pacific

Americans: as an intern at Asian Americans

for Equality; as a Legislative Correspondent

for Senator Carol Moseley-Braun; and at the

Ford Foundation where she was a program

associate for immigrant rights and racial

justice issues. She has an M.A. in public

policy from Harvard University and is a

Public Interest Law Scholar at Georgetown

University. After earning her law degree,

Lin joined the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee

for Civil Rights as a 2003-05 Equal Justice

Works Fellow.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000


class of 2003

ANGELA OKAMURA

Okamura has a long history of involvement

and leadership in the APA communities.

While at UC Davis, she formed the Asian

Pacific American Political Association. She

also was a planning board member and vol-

unteer chair of the Japanese Cultural Club,

planning board member of the Asian Pacific

Islander Conference at UC Davis, and a

founding member and chief editor of the

newsletter of the Asian American Student

Association at Cal State Sacramento. For

the last several years she has been working

as a research associate at UC San Francisco.

n [data]

year awarded: 2001

university of the pacific,

mcgeorge school of law

class of 2004

ERIN OSHIRO

Prior to attending law school, Oshiro was

a Judicial Administration Fellow with

Cal State Sacramento. While an under-

graduate, she worked as an intern with

the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in

Los Angeles where she was responsible for

workshops to provide low-income workers,

primarily Chinese and Latino, with informa-

tion about their employment rights. She

played an important role in the historic

Thai garment workers’ case and was rec-

ognized for her efforts and leadership by

APALC, which gave her their Annual Pro

Bono award in 1999.

n [data]

year awarded: 2001


school of law

class of 2004

09.32

JIHEE GILLIAN SUH

Suh is a magna cum laude graduate of

Harvard University where she majored in

Government. At Harvard, she received the

John Harvard College Scholarship and the

Elizabeth Cary Agassiz award for academic

achievement of highest distinction.

Suh was Director of the English as Second

Language tutoring program for Southeast

Asian refugee children, and on the

Executive Board of the Women’s Leadership

Conference. Upon graduating from Harvard,

Suh was selected to be a New York City

Urban Fellow and worked with the New York

City Administration for Children’s Services

where she became Special Assistant to the

Deputy Commissioner of Child Protection.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999


class of 2002

MARIJU BOFILL

Bofill is a first generation Filipino American

whose parents emigrated to this country in

1969 and settled in southern West Virginia.

She received her B.A. in Political Science

from Transylvania University in Lexington,

Kentucky where she graduated magna cum

laude. While at Transylvania, she was hon-

ored as a 1996 Filipino American Leader of

Tomorrow. Bofill was a summer coordina-

tor for the Asian Pacific American Legal

Research Center in Washington, D.C.

Bofill worked for Congressman Nick Rahall

(D-WV), the Department of Justice Civil

Rights Division and was a writing tutor

at the Washington College of Law’s Legal

Methods Program.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999



class of 2001

MICHELLE TONG

Tong has been a strong advocate for Asian

Pacific Americans through her work as an

intern with the Asian Law Alliance while in

college, and as a paralegal for three years

with the Asian Law Caucus. In these posi-

tions, she has assisted Asian immigrants

with issues involving immigration, employ-

ment rights, domestic violence, housing

and civil rights. At the McGeorge School

of Law, Tong was a member and leader of

the Asian Pacific American Law Student

Association, the Unity Board and the Black

Law Students Association.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000

university of the pacific,

mcgeorge school of law

class of 2001

09.33

JOHN HAYAKAWA TOROK

Torok is a candidate for Doctorate of the

Science of Law at Columbia University’s

Law School. He is a board member of the

Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/

AIDS and is frequently a panel speaker on

issues involving legal matters concerning

the Asian American community. Torok has

won numerous awards and fellowships over

the years, but he has never underestimated

what the Anheuser-Busch NLF Presidential

scholarship has done for him: “The finan-

cial support for my graduate legal studies

in American legal history, and the recogni-

tion of my work as part of the Asian Pacific

American Law Students Association cam-

paign for Asian American legal curriculum

and Asian American law faculty hiring were

most helpful and gratifying.”

n [data]

year awarded: 1998

columbia university,

school of law

class of 2001

GRACE AN-LI LOU

While an undergraduate student at

Northwestern University, Lou served as the

president of the Asian American Advisory

Board (AAAB), the Asian American student

union that promotes awareness of Asian

Pacific American social, political, and

educational issues. After working a few

years in the law field, Lou plans to start a

non-profit organization, which will develop

leadership skills in Asian American youth.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997


class of 2000

REBECCA YEE

Yee has a long history of social justice work

with marginalized communities of color.

While at UCLA School of Law, she was the

co-chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Law

Students Association. She also was award-

ed multiple scholarships to work at vari-

ous public interest organizations, such as

Public Advocates, California Women’s Law

Center, Asian Pacific American Legal Center

and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.

Yee is an attorney at Neighborhood Legal

Services of Los Angeles and continues to

be very active in the community.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998


school of law

class of 2001

09.34

VIDA GOSRISIRIKUL

Gosrisirikul is a shareholder of the law firm

Mondero Rim D’Souza & Gosrisirikul, Ltd.

She concentrates her practice in the areas

of real estate, corporate and immigration.

Before forming the firm, she served on the

staff of the Honorable Donald P. O’Connell,

Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook

County. Gosrisirikul served as the 2000-

2002 National Asian Pacific American Bar

Association Regional Governor and also

served as immediate past president of the

Asian American Bar Association of the

Greater Chicago Area. Gosrisirikul continues

to support students on campus and recent-

ly returned to the University in March 2003

to serve as keynote speaker for the Unseen

Unheard activism conference.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996

university of illinois college of law

class of 1997

GREGORY CHEN

Chen is a staff attorney with Legal Services

for Children (LSC), a non-profit law firm

that provides free legal representation for

minors in several areas of law, including

juvenile dependency, legal guardianship,

school discipline and immigration. Chen

is also LSC’s lead attorney for the San

Francisco Detained Immigrant Children

project which represents children detained

by the INS in immigration proceedings. A

graduate from Harvard University and New

York University School of Law, Chen clerked

for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the

Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. He

is the author of Youth Curfews: The Trilogy

of Parent, Child and State Relations, pub-

lished in the New York University Law Review

and Elian or Alien: The Contradictions of

Protecting Undocumented Children Under the

Special Immigrant Juvenile Statute, in the

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996

new york university law school

class of 1997

VICTORIA WONG

Wong became the Public Policy Coordinator

at Asian Americans for Equality, a com-

munity-based organization in New York’s

Chinatown. There, she advocated for hous-

ing and economic development policies to

benefit Asian Americans. She also partici-

pated in the Coro Fellows Program,

a public policy leadership training program,

where she had the chance to observe how

non-profit, private and public sector insti-

tutions impact public policy. Wong would

like to lead an organization that promotes

the rights of Asian Americans and other

communities of color, particularly in the

areas of economic development, housing

and education.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997

university of california berkley,

school of law [boalt hall]

class of 1999

09.35

2002 Competition Winners

First Place Team - $2000 Scholarships

Bradley Harper and Steve Klein

University of Florida,

Levin College of Law

Second Place Team - $1000 Scholarships

Tabitha Hasin and Andrea Curl

Chapman University, School of Law

Best Oralist - $1000 Scholarship

Andrea Curl

Chapman University, School of Law

Best Brief - $500 Scholarships

Bradley Harper and Steve Klein

University of Florida,

Levin College of Law

THE THOMAS TANG NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITIONOrganized by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Law

Foundation and funded by Anheuser-Busch, the competition is in tribute to the late Judge

Thomas Tang, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. A champion

of individual rights and an advocate for the advancement of minorities in the legal profes-

sion, Judge Tang was the first Asian American appointed as a federal judge and was the

highest-ranking Asian American in the federal judiciary during his 18 years of service on

the 9th Circuit.



Mervyn Deganos and Bonnie Lau

University of California,

Hastings College of Law


Valeria Garcia and Zheng Lu

Chicago-Kent,

College of Law


Anna Mercado

Fordham University,

School of Law, New York City


Shulamite Shen and Julie Wong


Hastings School of Law



Julie Kiley and Cindy Nguyen

Loyola University,

Chicago School of Law


Steven Masada and Benjamin Vandenberghe

University of Washington,

School of Law


Benjamin Vandenberghe

University of Washington,

School of Law


Julie Kiley and Cindy Nguyen

Loyola University,

Chicago School of Law

09.36



Susan Danial and Zarin Khan

Loyola University, Chicago School of Law

Second Place - $1000 Scholarships

Jenny Hsieh and Jack Chen




Jack Chen




Jonathan Yeh and Anh Nguyen

Seattle University, School of Law

Jenny Hsieh and Jack Chen





Ali Ozawa and Emmy Wang



Jennifer Piel and Greg Blankenship

University of Washington, School of Law


Jennifer Piel

University of Washington, School of Law


Ali Ozawa and Emmy Wang




Ester Hong and Stacy Bardo



Amy Perez and Raimundo Araujo

University of Florida


Stacy Bardo



Esther Hong and Stacy Bardo



First Place Team- $2000 Scholarships

Sandra Chong and Rochelle Hao


Davis School of Law


Theodore Angelis and

Ahilan Arulanantham

Yale Law School


Theodore Angelis

Yale Law School


Stacy Kubert and J. Aaron Jensen




Kristin Corl and Grace Wee



Greg Ananthasane and Rupal Valishnav

Georgia State University


Alyson Lewis and Charles Lockwood




Tim Yusuf

South Texas College of Law

09.37



Aditi Dravid, Bonni Richardson

and Kirti Vaidya

University of Oklahoma, College of Law


Iris Ferosie and Iraj Namini

John Marshall Law School


Nancy Duhon

Emory University, School of Law


Aditi Dravid, Bonni Richardson

and Kirti Vaidya

University of Oklahoma, College of Law



Rena Abbasi and Shehnaz Mansuri


Second Place Team -$1000 Scholarships

Tony Cheng and My Hyunh


Davis School of Law

Best Oralist - $1000 Scholarships

Rena Abbasi


Tim Yusuf

South Texas College of Law


Tony Cheng and My Hyunh


Davis School of Law

09.38

1010. ANHEUSER-BUSCH NAPALC FELLOWS

NAPALC: WASHINGTON, D.C.[ National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium ]

The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC) works to

advance the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans through liti-

gation, public education and public policy. NAPALC focuses its expertise

on anti-Asian violence prevention and education, voting rights, immigra-

tion, naturalization, affirmative action, language rights and the census.

NAPALC trains community groups on how to work with the media, monitor

hate crimes and work with government agencies.

“From 1993 through 1999, the Anheuser-Busch Fellowship

program was critical to NAPALC’s ability to train young leaders

for the Asian American community. Each Fellow made equally

important contributions in the areas of anti-Asian violence,

affirmative action, and immigration, and continues to use their

training in their careers to advance the needs of not only the

Asian American community but of all Americans. NAPALC is es-

pecially thankful for Anheuser-Busch’s support of this program.”

- Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director of NAPALC

1998 Gautam Rana

1997 Jacinta Ma

1996 Gwendolyn Yip

1995 Saswati Paul

10.39

GAUTAM RANA JACINTA MA

GAUTAM RANA

Rana is a diplomat with the State

Department stationed in Abu Dhabi, United

Arab Emirates. Rana’s previous job was the

Legal Aid staff attorney position in the

Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Legal Aid

Society in New York. Looking back on the

fellowship, Rana says, “I learned a great

deal from Karen Narasaki, the executive

director of the Consortium, and Jayne Park,

who was a staff attorney at NAPALC while

I was a fellow,” says Rana. “Their con-

summate professionalism and dedication

was an important example to me as the

fellowship was my first job after graduat-

ing from law school.” Rana earned a J.D.

from Vanderbilt University’s School of Law

in 1997, a B.A. degree in International

Relations and a B.S. degree in Economics

from the University of Pennsylvania.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998

vanderbilt university,

school of law

juris doctor 1997

JACINTA MA

Ma works at the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission as a Senior

Advisor to one of the Commissioners.

Previously, she was a Legal and Policy

Advocacy Associate at The Civil Rights

Project at Harvard University where she

primarily worked on desegregation and

diversity in K-12 education issues. Ma was

also Special Assistant to the Executive

Director of President Clinton’s Initiative

on Race focusing on education and civil

rights. She received her J.D. from New York

University and her B.A. from the University

of California at Berkeley.“The Anheuser-

Busch fellowship was important to me be-

cause it was my first job in the area of civil

rights,” says Ma. “It provided me the op-

portunity to learn about civil rights issues,

assist the Asian Pacific American communi-

ty, work with inspiring civil rights leaders,

and develop new skills as an attorney.”

n [data]

year awarded: 1997

new york university,

school of law

juris doctor 1993

10.40

SASWATI PAUL

Paul says her Anheuser-Busch NAPALC fel-

lowship remains “one of the most wonder-

ful opportunities” of her life. Paul was

the first Anheuser-Busch NAPALC fellow in

1993. “My fellowship convinced me of the

importance of a career in public interest

and to be involved with issues affecting

Asian Americans,” she says. Paul then took

a leadership position at the Department

of Labor, rising to senior investigator en-

forcing the rights of pension and welfare

participants and beneficiaries. After seven

years with the agency, she joined the

international law firm Baker & McKenzie

and specialized in employee benefits and

stock compensation. Paul then went on to

White & Case LLP specializing in ERISA and

International Stock Compensation. Since

January 2003, Paul is a proud mother of her

newborn baby.

n [data]

year awarded: 1995

northeastern university,

school of law

juris doctor 1992

GWENDOLYN YIP

Yip is a visiting fellow at the Law

Department of the London School Of

Economics. “The A-B NAPALC fellowship

enabled me to learn about civil rights

and legal issues affecting Asian Pacific

Americans in depth and to meet many dy-

namic APA leaders working to improve their

local communities.” Yip says,“ These con-

tacts have helped me in my own efforts to

make a difference and allowed me to help

others to network effectively.” Yip was

an associate at the intellectual property

firm of Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin &

Hayes, LLP, in Boston from 1997 to 2001.

She received a B.S. in 1986, an M.S. in

1988 from McGill University and a J.D. in

1991 from Boston University.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002

boston university,

school of law

juris doctor 1991

SASWATI PAUL

10.41

1111. ANHEUSER-BUSCH NIHONMACHI FELLOWS

API LEGAL OUTREACH: SAN FRANCISCO, CA [ Asian Pacific Institute Legal Outreach ]

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (formerly Nihonmachi Legal Outreach)

is the largest social justice law firm serving the Asian and Pacific Islander

(API) communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1975, API Legal

Outreach’s primary mission is to meet the multifaceted needs of the API com-

munity in a “holistic” manner by providing the full range of social, legal and

violence prevention services in collaboration with other service providers.

Services focus in the areas of family law, domestic violence, immigration and

immigrant rights, senior law/elder abuse, anti-trafficking, public benefits and

youth violence prevention.

1997 Hien M. Lam

1997 C. Koji Oka

1996 Sindy J. Yun

11.42

HIEN M. LAM

Lam first joined Asian Pacific Islander Legal

Outreach as a law clerk in 1996. Helping

people in the refugee camps with transla-

tion and social services further drew her

to the law. In 1998, Lam was hired as the

new Clinic Coordinator for the East Bay

Asian Domestic Violence Clinic (ADVC).

Lam’s work laid the ground work for estab-

lishing an office and solid presence in the

East Bay. “It was difficult breaking out to

the community as a new group especially

because domestic violence was not yet

talked about in the community. The ADVC

was an important step because there were

no other resources available,” said Lam.

Lam has spent her time as an API Legal

Outreach attorney assisting survivors of

domestic violence and seniors, especially

in the Vietnamese community.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997

university of san francisco

juris doctor 1997

C. KOJI OKA

For most of the past fifteen years, Oka has

worked with children and youth in capaci-

ties ranging from recess coordinator to big

brother, to mentor to coach, to tutor to

chauffeur, to counselor to comedian. With

a B.A. in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley

and his vast experience with youth, he

landed a part-time position which turned

full-time as Youth Project Coordinator at

API Legal Outreach. Oka teaches science to

elementary school students.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997

university of california berkeley

SINDY J. YUN

Yun is a graduate of UC Hastings College

of Law. She received her B.A. from UC

Berkeley. During and after attending law

school, Yun clerked at API Legal Outreach

where she provided legal assistance to bat-

tered women and their children. She also

worked as a volunteer and multi-lingual ad-

vocate for the Asian Women’s Shelter. Yun

serves as a staff counsel for the California

Public Utilities Commission specializing in

telecommunications and energy matters.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996



juris doctor 1997

11.43

1212. ANHEUSER-BUSCH SMITHSONIAN INTERNSHIPAs part of its mandate for “the increase and diffusion of knowledge,” includ-

ing the diverse ideas, skills, and cultures of our nation, the Smithsonian

Institution pursues policies of equal opportunity and cultural diversity.

Smithsonian fellowships and internships are awarded on the basis of these

policies. Applicants are evaluated on their academic standing, scholarly quali-

fications, experiences, the quality of the research project or study proposed

and its suitability to Smithsonian collections, facilities and programs.

The first substantial gift to the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program came

from Anheuser-Busch Companies in 1996 when we were first established. Since

then we have raised over two million dollars but that first generous donation will

forever be cherished.

- Franklin Odo, Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

SUSAN YOON

As an intern at the Smithsonian Insitute’s Office of Public Affairs, Yoon was

invited to work as a part of an initiative to increase awareness and pro-

mote research of Asian American history and culture at the Smithsonian

Insitutution. “I was a part of a team that was making headway into new ter-

ritory and our work culminated in the publication of a research compendium

entitled Asian American Resources at the Smithsonian,” said Yoon.

Yoon graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Political Science

and attended Harvard Divinity School to receive her Master’s degree in

Philosophy of Religion in 2002. She is working in the corporate law depart-

ment of Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz LLP in New York City and is

planning to attend law school in the near future.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996

12.44

1313. ANHEUSER-BUSCH MINORU YASUI SCHOLARSMinoru Yasui was a prominent civil rights attorney and community activ-

ist in Denver. He intentionally defied a curfew order against Japanese

Americans in 1942 and the resulting criminal case became the first legal

challenge of the World War II internment. Anheuser-Busch honors the

memory of Yasui with a scholarship for promising law students who have

dedicated themselves to public service.

APABA: DENVER, CO[ Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado ]

Organized in 1990, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado

provides mutual support for Asian American attorneys, judges, law stu-

dents and the general Asian community in Colorado.

2004 Teresa Lee Brown

2004 Jennifer Chang

2003 Sharon Lam

2003 Thai Soo

2002 Sabina Y. Chung

2002 Beodl Lee

2001 Sun-Young Chi

2001 Jerico S. Javier

2000 Vandana

Sharma Koelsch

2000 Churekorn

Ann Sookswat

1999 Seneca Baughman

1999 Anna Frederiksen-

Cherry

1998 Puoy K. Premsrirut

1998 Kara Dawn

Lae-Gae Veitch

1997 Sue Yun Kim

1996 Eugene Kim

1996 Anurag Varma

13.45

TERESA LEE BROWN SHARON LAM

JENNIFER CHANG

Since receiving the A-B Minoru Yasui schol-

arship, Chang studied abroad in Beijing,

China and learned the Chinese legal sys-

tem. She also ran a boutique real estate

management and investment company

located in Denver, Colorado and worked at

The Brookings Institution in Washington,

D.C. for two years researching Northeast

Asia Issues. Chang co-wrote an article

published in Foreign Affairs entitled China’s

HIV Crisis. She holds a B.A. in International

Studies from the University of Washington

in Seattle.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004

university of colorado,

school of law

class of 2006

TERESA LEE BROWN

Brown is serving as a law clerk intern

to Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey of the

Colorado Supreme Court. Her responsibili-

ties include the examination of petitions

for certiorari, preparation of bench memo-

randa, and work on original proceedings.

In addition, she works as a research as-

sistant to Professor Arthur Best, updating

the evidence treatise, Wigmore on Evidence.

Also, as a general editor of the Denver

University Law Review, she has had the op-

portunity to research and write an article

that was selected for publication.

n [data]

year awarded: 2004

university of denver,

college of law

class of 2005

SHARON LAM

Lam will receive her J.D. from the

University of Colorado School of Law in

May of 2005. She graduated with honors

from the University of California, Davis in

2001, with a B.A. in English and a minor in

French and Art Studio. Lam served as the

secretary for NAPALSA during 2003 and as

CU’s Vice President during the 2003-2004

school year.

n [data]

year awarded: 2003


school of law

class of 2005

13.46

SABINA Y. CHUNG BEODL LEE SUN-YOUNG CHI

THAI SOO

Soo has always been involved in the com-

munity. In high school, he created a

nursing home volunteer program at his

church and now, he has created a volunteer

program at Philips Preparatory Elementary

School. For his continuing efforts, Soo has

received Outstanding Personal Community

Achievement Award by National Asian

Pacific American Law Student Association,

and also received recognition as the

president at the University of Denver Asian

Pacific American Law Student Association.

n [data]

year awarded: 2003


college of law

class of 2004

SABINA Y. CHUNG

Chung received her J.D. from the University

of Colorado School of Law in May 2003. She

received her B.A. from the University of

Chicago. While at law school, she served

as the Vice-President of the National Asian

Pacific American Law Students Association

and as the President of Colorado’s APALSA.

She was also an active member of the

Latino Law Students Association. She is a

civil litigation associate at Spies, Powers &

Robinson, P.C.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002


school of law

juris doctor 2003

13.47

SUN-YOUNG CHI

SUN-YOUNG CHI

As a recipient of the 2001 A-B Minoru

Yasui Fellowship, Chi worked as the pro-

gram coordinator for the Rocky Mountain

Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN).

RMIAN strives to provide legal representa-

tion and assistance to indigent non-citi-

zens detained in Colorado. Chi’s experience

in working with RMIAN was so rewarding

that she chose to take a position with the

organization after her graduation from law

school. She now serves as the Executive

Director of RMIAN. Chi also serves as the

legal coordinator for the Rocky Mountain

Survivors Center, providing legal assistance

to survivors of torture.

n [data]

year awarded: 2001


school of law

juris doctor 2002

JERICO S. JAVIER

Javier received a J.D. from the University

of Denver College of Law in 2001 and a B.A.

in Political Science from the University of

Denver in 1998. Javier parlayed the work

that he did for the Asian Pacific American

Law Student Association at the University

of Denver and APABA of Colorado into big-

ger roles at various other local and national

cultural-based organizations. Javier serves

as a Education and Scholarship Director

with the Filipino American Community of

Colorado and as a Youth Representative

of Region 5 of the National Federation

of Filipino American Associations. Javier

has kept in touch with matters involv-

ing the legal community not just through

APABA, but in his new positon as Program

Assistant at I-Legal, Inc., a trial support

firm based in Broomfield, CO.

n [data]

year awarded: 2001


college of law

juris doctor 2001

BEODL LEE

Lee received a J.D. from the University of

Denver College of Law in 2003 and also

holds a B.A. in Linguistics and a Certificate

in Teaching English As A Second Language

from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,

British Columbia. Lee served as President

of the National Asian Pacific American Law

Student Association from 2001 - 2002.

Born in Canada to Korean immigrants, Lee

is fluent in Korean and French and speaks

conversational Japanese and German. She

is completing an LL.M. at the University

of Denver College of Law and works in

Bankruptcy Law.

n [data]

year awarded: 2002


college of law

juris doctor 2003

13.48

CHUREKORN ANN SOOKSWAT

”It was a privilege and honor to be a recip-

ient of the A-B Minoru Yasui Scholarship.

The scholarship helped me achieve my goal

of becoming an attorney, and now that I’m

living my goal, it’s fulfilling to look back

and see how the scholarship helped me

obtain my law degree” said Sookswat. She

is an associate at Hopkins & Tschetter, P.C.

in Aurora, Colorado. The firm specializes in

landlord tenant law and litigates a variety

of real estate and civil rights issues.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000

university of denver, college of law

juris doctor 2003

daniels college of business

mba 2003

CHUREKORN ANN SOOKSWAT PUOY K. PREMSRIRUT

VANDANA SHARMA KOELSCH

Koelsch received her J.D. from the

University of Colorado School of Law in May

2003 and also received a Master of Science

degree in Hydrology from the University of

Arizona, and a B.S. degree in Geology from

the University of Alabama.

n [data]

year awarded: 2000


school of law

juris doctor 2003

13.49

SENECA BAUGHMAN

A recipient of the 1999 A-B Minoru Yasui

scholarship, Baughman worked as a legal

intern for the Colorado Attorney General’s

Office and Jefferson County District

Attorneys Office during law school. She is a

staff attorney and law clerk for a Jefferson

County District Judge. A first generation

American and former nurse practitioner

who worked in Germany, Saudi Arabia and

several clinics serving indigent, minority

and imprisoned clients, Baughman hopes to

pursue a career in immigration and forensic

law while continuing doctoral work in in-

ternational studies.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999


college of law

juris doctor 2001

ANNA FREDERIKSEN-CHERRY

Frederiksen-Cherry is an Assistant Public

Defender for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

in Hillsborough County, Florida. She prac-

tices before criminal circuit court Judge

Daniel L. Perry as a felony trial attorney

representing indigent clients facing five

years to life in prison. She feels truly

privileged to be a voice for those most in

need of legal representation and to protect

against the infringement of the rights we

all share.

n [data]

year awarded: 1999


school of law

juris doctor 2001

PUOY K. PREMSRIRUT

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

Premsrirut received her Bachelor’s degree

in political science from the University of

California, Santa Barbara in 1996 and her

J.D. at the University of Denver College

of Law in 1999. Following admission to

the Nevada Bar in 1999, she practiced

as an associate at Jones Vargas. Since

November 2002, Premsrirut formed a law

firm Goodman Brown and Premsrirut in

Las Vegas. She was named one of the Most

Influential Business Women in Southern

Nevada 2002 by In Business Las Vegas. In

2003, Premsrirut was appointed by the

Board of County Commissioners for the

office of Member, Justice of the Peace

Judicial Selection Committee to serve a

four-year term. Premsrirut practices corpo-

rate law, real estate, civil litigation, enter-

tainment and sports law.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998


college of law

juris doctor 1999

13.50

SUE YUN KIM

After receiving the A-B Minoru Yasui

Memorial Law School Scholarship in 1997,

Kim went on to address affordable housing

issues through a public interest fellowship,

assisting in mobile home park investiga-

tions for the Colorado Attorney General’s

office, drafting a consumer handbook for

the City of Boulder’s Department of Housing

and Human Services, and participating in

grassroots legislative efforts to pass ad-

ditional pre-eviction notice procedures.

Following graduation, Kim worked as an

Assistant City Attorney for the Denver City

Attorney’s office and then as an associate

with a small litigation firm. Kim is a judicial

assistant/law clerk for Colorado Court of

Appeals Judge Sandra I. Rothenberg.

n [data]

year awarded: 1997


school of law

juris doctor 1998

KARA DAWN LAE-GAE VEITCH

Lae-Gae Veitch received her J.D. from

the University of Colorado and her B.A.

in Environmental Conservation, and in

Environmental, Population and Organismic

Biology from the University of Colorado at

Boulder. While attending law school, she

was the Co-President of the University’s

Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the

10th Circuit Representative to the National

Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the

school’s representative to the American Bar

Association, and the President of the Student

Bar Association. Additionally, Lae-Gae Veitch

interned with The Nature Conservancy, the

Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the

Land and Water Fund. She is working at a

small firm in Evergreen, Colorado where she

continues to pursue opportunities to serve

the community.

n [data]

year awarded: 1998


school of law

juris doctor 2000

KARA DAWN LAE-GAE VEITCH

13.51

EUGENE KIM ANURAG VARMA

ANURAG VARMA

Varma has degrees from the University of

Alberta (B.Comm., 1994), University of

Denver College of Law (J.D. 1997) and the

Georgetown University Law Center (LL.

M., International and Comparative Law,

1999). Since 1997, Varma has been work-

ing as a civil rights attorney at the law

firm of Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, LLP,

representing over 25,000 African-American

farmers across 35 states in their $1 billion

racial discrimination class action lawsuit

and settlement against the Department

of Agriculture. Varma also serves as

Washington, D.C. counsel and lobbyist for

the American Association of Physicians of

Indian Origin (AAPI), the nation’s largest

ethnic medical association.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996


juris doctor 1999

EUGENE KIM

Kim graduated from the University of

Colorado Law School in 1998. Kim has prac-

ticed in the field of Intellectual Property

with an emphasis in patent law with the

law firms of Duft, Graziano, & Forest,

Chrisman, Bynum & Johnson, and Faegre &

Benson in Boulder, Colorado. Kim has also

worked with APABA on the A-B Minoru Yasui

Scholarship committee and the Mentoring

Program for Diversity law students.

n [data]

year awarded: 1996


school of law

juris doctor 1998

13.52

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund [AALDEF]99 Hudson Street, 12th floor

New York, New York 10013

Tel: 212-966-5932

Fax: 212-966-4303

Website: www.aaldef.org

Asian Pacific American Bar Association Education Fund [AEF]Post Office Box 2209

Washington, D.C. 20013-2209

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.aef-apaba.org

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado [APABA]P.O. Box 3011

Denver, Colorado 80201


Website: www.apaba.8k.com

Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies [APAICS]1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 835

Washington, D.C. 20036

Tel: 202-296-9200

Fax: 202-296-9236


Website: www.apaics.org

Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute [APAWLI]P.O. Box 2330

La Mesa, CA 91943

Tel: 619-698-3746

Fax: 619-698-5834


Website: www.apawli.org

Asian Pacific Institute Legal Outreach [API Legal Outreach]Formerly the Nihonmachi Legal Center

1188 Franklin Street, Suite 202

San Francisco, CA 94109

Tel: 415-567-6255

Email:[email protected]

Website: www.apilegaloutreach.org

Asian Professional Exchange [APEX]207 East Franklin Avenue, Suite B

El Segundo, CA 90245

Hotline: 310-558-6683


Website: www.apex.org

Japanese American Service Committee [JASC]4427 North Clark Street

Chicago, Illinois 60640

Tel: 773-275-7212

Fax: 773-275-0958

Website: www.jasc-chicago.org

14. DIRECTORY OF PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

14.53

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. [LEAP]327 East Second Street, Suite 226

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel: 213-485-1422

fax: 213-485-0050


Website: www.leap.org

NAPABA Law Foundation 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 315


Phone: 202.775.9555

Fax: 202.775.9333


Website: www.napaba.org

Los Angeles Office:

11355 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 336

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phone: 310.312.7888

Fax: 310.312.4224

National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium [NAPALC]1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1200


Tel: 202-296-2300


Website: www.napalc.org

New York University Department of Film and TV Tisch School of the Arts721 Broadway

New York, NY 10003

Website: www.nyu.edu/tisch/filmtv

Smithsonian InstitutionP.O. Box 37012

SI Building, Room 153, MRC 010

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Website: www.si.edu

14.54

14. DIRECTORY OF PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

Rena AbbasiArthur AgoGreg AnanthasaneTheodore AngelisRaimundo AraujoAhilan ArulananthamStacy BardoSeneca BaughmanTina R. BhagaGreg BlankenshipMariju BofillTeresa Lee BrownTami BuiJulie CarlJennifer ChangEugene ChayJack ChenMing Hsu ChenMing Lang ChenStephen ChenGregory ChenTony ChengSun-Young ChiDr. Soo Young ChinSusan ChiuJuliet K. ChoiSandra ChongPauline ChowSabina Y. ChungKristin CorlAndrea CurlSusan DanialMervyn DeganosAditi DravidNancy DuhonYousra Y. FaziliIris FerosieAnna Frederiksen-CherryValerie GarciaNeel Garlapati

Vida GosrisirikulAlexander GuevaraRochelle HaoCarly HamaguchiDaniel HanBradley HarperTabitha HasinJah-Juin “Jared” HoEster HongJenny HsiehJennifer HsuTristan HurlburtMy HyunhNoel ItoMi Hee JangJerico S. JavierJ. Aaron JensenSherwin JocosingYoung JooBryan JungSherry JungMustafa KamalRosalyn KawahiraKevin Feng KeUmair KhanZarin KhanDany KhyJulie KileySue Yun KimEugene KimLauren KimSteve KleinVandana Sharma KoelschStacy KubertKara Dawn Lae-Gae VeitchHien M. LamBonnie LauNancy LeeSharon LamYvonne Yin-Hung Lee

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