Research

The purpose of her research practice is to support vulnerable communities—she works to strengthen agency & protect self-determination.

Through culturally transformative & trauma-sensitive ways of knowing, she exercises mixed methods & community outreach, working intersectionally & critically. In practice, this work informs strategic decision-making, data-driven advocacy & social movement organizing. Projects & speaking engagements include collaborations with…

Higher education institutions

  • Concordia University

  • Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Macalester College

  • Malta University

  • Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

  • University of Minnesota

  • Vassar College

  • York University

Schools, museums, parks & theatres

  • American Museum of Natural History

  • Bakken Museum

  • Bloomington Public Schools

  • Minneapolis Public Schools

  • Minnesota Historical Society

  • Saint Paul Public Schools

  • Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood

  • Science Museum of Minnesota

  • Three Rivers District

Community organizations

  • Coalition of Asian American Leaders

  • Management Assistance Program (MAP) for Nonprofits

  • Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

  • Minnesota Compass

  • Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

  • Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

  • Neighborhoods Organizing for Change

  • People Serving People

  • Propel Nonprofits

  • Rooted to Last

  • Saint Paul Children’s Collective

  • Start Noticing Tobacco

  • Wellstone Action

  • Wilder Southeast Asian Services

Philanthropic foundations

  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

  • Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

  • Bush Foundation

  • United Way

Other private organizations

  • Ameriprise Financial

  • Imagine Deliver

  • SRF Consulting

Other public institutions

  • Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties

  • Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans

  • Hennepin Healthcare

  • Minnesota Department of Health

  • Minnesota Department of Transportation

  • National Science Foundation

  • Ramsey County Public Health

  • United States Civil Rights Commission

  • White Earth Nation