MEMBER SINCE: 2009
OCCUPATION: Financial Services
COMMITTEES: Scholarship, Marketing & Public Relations

In what ways has being a NAAAP member helped you pursue the things you might not have considered prior to joining?
Since I became a member of this organization, NAAAP has given me the opportunity to put my creativity and talents into practice to help others.

Has being a member of NAAAP improved the way others view you? If so, please give a few examples.
I believe that friends and colleagues see me as a more respectable, socially conscious and open minded person because of my work with NAAAP.

What are you currently working on for a NAAAP committee, and what do you hope to accomplish through your work?
I am helping to design the testimonial webpage, with the goal in mind of showing people that by becoming a NAAAP member, they will be offered many opportunities to meet engaging people, participate and lead activities that add a lot of value to the community.

MEMBER SINCE: 2003
OCCUPATION: Assistant Principal of charter middle school in Denver
COMMITTEES: former Community Service Co-Chair

What words would you use to describe NAAAP?
Professional, passionate and leading: these are the words that come to mind when Joanne Liu reflects on qualities that define NAAAP Boston. As a former NAAAP Community Service Co-Chair, Joanne has first-hand experience with the positive services and benefits NAAAP offers on all levels of leadership, from personal, to organizational, to community-wide.

How do you see NAAAP effect change in the community?
Joanne considers NAAAP Boston a leader in highlighting the need for Asian American activism, bringing Asian American issues to the forefront of social consciousness, and bridging a gap between corporate support through sponsorship and working closely with non-profits. Joanne believes that NAAAP is the only organization in Boston that integrates the elements of a social network with community service opportunities and corporate sponsor outreach.

MEMBER SINCE: 2003
OCCUPATION: Assistant Principal of charter middle school in Denver
COMMITTEES: former Community Service Co-Chair

What words would you use to describe NAAAP?
Professional, passionate and leading: these are the words that come to mind when Joanne Liu reflects on qualities that define NAAAP Boston. As a former NAAAP Community Service Co-Chair, Joanne has first-hand experience with the positive services and benefits NAAAP offers on all levels of leadership, from personal, to organizational, to community-wide.

How do you see NAAAP effect change in the community?
Joanne considers NAAAP Boston a leader in highlighting the need for Asian American activism, bringing Asian American issues to the forefront of social consciousness, and bridging a gap between corporate support through sponsorship and working closely with non-profits. Joanne believes that NAAAP is the only organization in Boston that integrates the elements of a social network with community service opportunities and corporate sponsor outreach.

MEMBER SINCE: 2004
OCCUPATION: Sales and Marketing
COMMITTEES: former Community Service Co-Chair, Board Member (current)

How has being a NAAAP member impacted you professionally?
NAAAP has inspired me to choose a new career path; I am honing my skills as a leader and as an event organizer through my involvement in the organization.

Where does NAAAP deliver value to you?
Being a part of this award winning chapter of NAAAP has exposed me to a diverse community of opinions, interests, professional and networking opportunities.

MEMBER SINCE: 2004
OCCUPATION: Sales and Marketing
COMMITTEES: former Community Service Co-Chair, Board Member (current)

How has being a NAAAP member impacted you professionally?
NAAAP has inspired me to choose a new career path; I am honing my skills as a leader and as an event organizer through my involvement in the organization.

Where does NAAAP deliver value to you?
Being a part of this award winning chapter of NAAAP has exposed me to a diverse community of opinions, interests, professional and networking opportunities.

MEMBER SINCE: 2001
OCCUPATION: Graduate Student
COMMITTEES: National Board Member, former Executive Vice President, Scholarship

In what ways has being a NAAAP member helped you pursue the things you might not have considered prior to joining?
NAAAP showed me that there were numerous worthy community service causes in the Greater Boston area. As a result I pursued several diversified volunteer opportunities.

Have any NAAAP sponsored activities made you feel you were creating a difference in someone's life? If so, please describe it.
During the 2009 Scholarship Gala, I witnessed the dedicated hard work of fellow NAAAP members for an excellent cause: raising funds to provide university scholarships to Asian American high school seniors heading to their first year of college.

How has being a NAAAP member changed your attitude towards work and/or study?
From exposure to the accomplished legacies that Asian American leaders have created, I find myself determined to create a legacy of my own in both work and study.

MEMBER SINCE: 2001
OCCUPATION: Graduate Student
COMMITTEES: National Board Member, former Executive Vice President, Scholarship

In what ways has being a NAAAP member helped you pursue the things you might not have considered prior to joining?
NAAAP showed me that there were numerous worthy community service causes in the Greater Boston area. As a result I pursued several diversified volunteer opportunities.

Have any NAAAP sponsored activities made you feel you were creating a difference in someone's life? If so, please describe it.
During the 2009 Scholarship Gala, I witnessed the dedicated hard work of fellow NAAAP members for an excellent cause: raising funds to provide university scholarships to Asian American high school seniors heading to their first year of college.

How has being a NAAAP member changed your attitude towards work and/or study?
From exposure to the accomplished legacies that Asian American leaders have created, I find myself determined to create a legacy of my own in both work and study.

MEMBER SINCE: 2008
OCCUPATION: Massachusetts Promise Fellow and Graduate Student
COMMITTEES: Corporate Relations Committee, Community Service Committee, Women in NAAAP, former Marketing Co-Director

In what ways has being a NAAAP member helped you pursue the things you might not have considered prior to joining?
Because I had no experience in marketing, I joined NAAAP's Marketing & PR committee to learn more about the profession and what it entails. With support and guidance I applied to be a  Marketing Co-Director, and together we led NAAAP Boston to win the NAAAP National Excellence in Communications Award in 2010. Now my interest in marketing has become a potential career path. 

Have you created a positive change in the NAAAP organization? If so, please describe it?
As NAAAP's former Marketing Co-Director, I had the opportunity to work with several committees in different capacities. From organizing an event on behalf of the Community Relations Committee that impressed John Hancock so much that they renewed sponsorship months before the year was over to leading a Community Service Committee event that gave us free radio airtime and web shout outs. All this effort among others paid off when NAAAP Boston won NAAAP National Excellence in Communications Award in 2010.

What are you currently working on for a NAAAP committee, and what do you hope to accomplish through your work?
As part of Women in NAAAP, I am working with several other phenomenal women to organize a conference on personal branding. Through our work, I hope we can create a stronger community and network of women who will continue to learn and grow from one another.

MEMBER SINCE: 2008
OCCUPATION: Massachusetts Promise Fellow and Graduate Student
COMMITTEES: Corporate Relations Committee, Community Service Committee, Women in NAAAP, former Marketing Co-Director

In what ways has being a NAAAP member helped you pursue the things you might not have considered prior to joining?
Because I had no experience in marketing, I joined NAAAP's Marketing & PR committee to learn more about the profession and what it entails. With support and guidance I applied to be a  Marketing Co-Director, and together we led NAAAP Boston to win the NAAAP National Excellence in Communications Award in 2010. Now my interest in marketing has become a potential career path. 

Have you created a positive change in the NAAAP organization? If so, please describe it?
As NAAAP's former Marketing Co-Director, I had the opportunity to work with several committees in different capacities. From organizing an event on behalf of the Community Relations Committee that impressed John Hancock so much that they renewed sponsorship months before the year was over to leading a Community Service Committee event that gave us free radio airtime and web shout outs. All this effort among others paid off when NAAAP Boston won NAAAP National Excellence in Communications Award in 2010.

What are you currently working on for a NAAAP committee, and what do you hope to accomplish through your work?
As part of Women in NAAAP, I am working with several other phenomenal women to organize a conference on personal branding. Through our work, I hope we can create a stronger community and network of women who will continue to learn and grow from one another.