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Spotlight: Summer Intern Michelle Chung
Michelle Chung is a summer intern for NAAAP Boston, and is mainly responsible for creating marketing content. She has posted committee spotlights on the NAAAP blog, designed flyers and graphics for social media, and represented NAAAP at various events. In addition, Michelle sits in on NAAAP meetings and retreats while also shadowing NAAAP leaders and observing how the organization actually functions. Having graduated from Malden High School, Michelle is currently a sophomore at Hamilton College. She is also the recipient of the full-tuition Posse Scholarship, majoring in Literature and minoring in Communications and Chinese. On campus, she works as a Communications Intern at her college’s Career Center, where she advertises professional events that they host by sending out emails and newsletters. She also writes features for the college’s website at her college’s Communications Office. In her spare time, Michelle loves to hike, travel, play instruments and make Vietnamese spring rolls. Though Michelle has only been involved with NAAAP for about less than 3 months, she has loved every moment of it. She first heard about NAAAP after wanting to find organizations that advocated for Asian Americans. This search began after experiencing her first year of college at a predominantly white institution. Coming from a home with a Chinese and Vietnamese background in a city with a high Asian population, she wasn’t used to a place where the surroundings and people around her were so culturally different. While her college had impressive resources and great connections, she wanted to know more on how to advance as specifically an Asian American professional, based off of an Asian American’s experiences. A lot of her older friends and relatives had known about NAAAP through their events, and had said the organization would most definitely help her learn about career advancement. Michelle is fascinated by how NAAAP’s network is so expansive. In just a few months, she had the opportunity to meet Asian American professionals in various industries (from healthcare to finance to literature) with a wide range of experience levels. Every one of them - whether they’ve been a member of NAAAP or simply an attendee for one of their events - had been inspiring, motivating, knowledgeable and friendly. With every NAAAP event she attends, she knows that she will be able to learn how to advance her professional career while also enjoying casual conversations with newfound friends. Michelle admires NAAAP’s mission to advance for Asian American leadership, especially in a period of time where many minorities may not think they can achieve equality or the same amount of respect as others because of their race. “NAAAP helped me grow as a leader and professional, but also encouraged me to embrace my Asian identity. I became more aware and informed of how to navigate professional spaces where I was a minority.” In the future, she hopes to work for an organization that supports Asian Americans and find a career in publishing or marketing. “Especially since everyone in this organization is so passionate about their work, I’m inspired to advocate for Asian Americans, like myself,” Michelle said, “ I want to help people embrace their cultural identity while pursuing their professional dreams in the most successful way possible.”
Apply to be a mentor
Want to make an impact? We are looking for new mentors for our incoming class of high school students this fall! NAAAP Boston is partnering with Minds Matter Boston to recruit mentors. They are in need of more Asian American mentors for the students! About Minds Matter: Minds Matter Boston empowers highly-motivated high school students from low-income communities to achieve academic excellence and to overcome barriers limiting opportunities for post-secondary education. As a mentor, you will have the chance to transform a young student's life by supporting their college dreams. You could be the catalyst for helping a student become the first in his or her family to attend college. Becoming a mentor: Minds Matter of Boston is volunteer-driven organization. Our team is comprised of approximately 200 professionals who represent many leading companies in the Greater Boston area. Our students are each paired with two young professionals who guide the student through all aspects of the college application process, from ACT prep to college selection and financial aid applications. Our mentors provide individual support and guidance, allowing each student to fulfill his or her potential and make the leap to college. The mentoring component of sessions is held on Saturdays from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at MIT campus. There are approximately 25 sessions throughout the school year, and mentors are expected to attend 80% of those sessions. Mentors should be a consistent and positive influence for each student throughout their experience, so we ask mentors to make a 2-year commitment to the program. How to apply: Please submit an application via https://www.mindsmatterboston.org/mentors/ before September 5th, 2017. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Questions? Please contact mentor.recruitment@mindsmatterboston.org or our Director of Programming, Jada Alexander at jada.alexander@mindsmatterboston.org. For general inquiries, please contact Suwan Lee and Joshua Yagi atcommunityservice@naaapboston.org.
Volunteers and NAAAP members, we’d like to heard from you!
We want to make your member experience at NAAAP wonderful, and we need your feedback! Volunteers and NAAAP members, we’d like to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to fill out this quick survey. Help us make your member experience at NAAAP wonderful! Volunteers Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8S93SX9 For New NAAAP members, are you interested in volunteering with NAAAP? Prospective Volunteer Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8SKXJ2X Please note, your response is valuable to us. Many thanks for your help and feedback so that we can make our organization more powerful, effective, and fun!
Creating Connections with the Corporate Relations Committee
The success of NAAAP Boston over the past thirty years could not have been achieved without the support of the organization’s corporate sponsors. Similarly, NAAAP also relies on the Corporate Relations Committee (CRC), as they build relationships with potential sponsors that can help NAAAP grow. Primarily, the CRC acts as the breadwinners of the organization. They identify prospective sponsors - all of which support NAAAP’s mission to build leaders within the Asian American community - and do their best to sell the value of NAAAP through consistent and persuasive communication. In order to appeal to potential sponsors, the CRC is responsible for designing programs that leverages NAAAP resources to promote the sponsors’ diversity, inclusion and business goals. One of the CRC’s leading roles in seen in the Account Manager. With skills in communications, organization, time management and relationship management, the Account Manager drives the search for new sponsorship and maintains a strong relationship with current sponsorship. They represent the organization in new business development activities by attending NAAAP networking events, partner conferences and activities. The Director of Corporate Relations also serves as a driving force in the CRC and oversees all operations within the committee. The Director presents the value of NAAAP Boston to prospective sponsors and additionally pipelines meetings and calls to secure sponsorship even further. They also act as a main point of contact between the internal NAAAP Boston team and internal NAAAP Boston committees, supporting the latter when they require events or programs that need to engage the sponsors. Currently, there are twelve corporate sponsors who contribute on various levels to NAAAP, providing financial resources, networking opportunities and job openings that are only available for NAAAP members. The CRC is responsible for maintaining relationships with those current sponsors and partners, many of which include HR and Diversity and Inclusion professionals at Fortune 500 companies. Without the Corporate Relations Committee, NAAAP would not be able to fund any of the NAAP Boston workshops, conferences, BBQs, Scholarship Brunches, mixers, volunteer opportunities or any other annual events. The Corporate Relations Director and Account Manager roles in particular are valuable to helping the organization as a whole succeed financially, and are roles that require skills important for their professional and personal lives. As of July 20, NAAAP Boston is looking for candidates interested in the roles of Corporate Relations Director or Account Manager. Please check our Career Center page for the specific descriptions. Contact recruiting@naaapboston.org with any questions.

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