During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are celebrating past and present AAPI women leaders in the YWCA network, showcasing their amazing work locally, nationally, and internationally, and exploring YWCA’s legacy of advocating for AAPI communities.
EUN KYUNG KIM
For the past 20 years, Eun Kyung Kim has focused on advocacy, management, and fundraising in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors—and she is the first AAPI Executive Director of YWCA Queens. We are proud to celebrate her many achievements within the YWCA movement and beyond it in the myriad ways she supports her community. Learn more about her and her amazing work: bit.ly/3ViY3jB
JOY HASHIMOTO
After she and her family were sent to a Japanese internment camp during WWII, Joy Hashimoto became active in the YWCA movement after her mother helped establish YWCAs in the camps. We are proud to celebrate and showcase Joy's decades of service and legacy of advancing justice.
Lillian Kimura
Former Associate Executive Director of YWCA USA, Lillian Kimura was a powerful YWCA Leader and advocate for Racial Justice.
Lillian Kimura was 13 during WWII when she and her family were incarcerated at the Manzanar WRA Center in California. Influenced by her experience with YWCA—which served to educate Japanese American women and girls interned at the camp—she later joined the YWCA movement at the local and national levels.
GLORIA CHUN HOO
A YWCA Leader at the local, national, and international levels, Gloria Chun Hoo served on the boards of YWCA Boston, Your Ywca, and YWCA USA, and she is currently on the executive committee for the YWCA World Service Council. YWCA celebrates her long-standing involvement in the YWCA movement.
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GLORIA LAU
Former Interim CEO of YWCA USA and current Interim Chief Strategy Officer for the YWCA National Board, Gloria Lau’s involvement with YWCA is deep and profound, and her experience as a YWCA Leader has been extensive and varied at both the local and national levels. Today, we are proud to celebrate her and her far-reaching impact on the YWCA movement.