Jessica Chen
Jessica Chen (she/her) is a fourth year Asian Areas Studies student minoring in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration (ACAM). Her academic interests lie in how community-engaged research can be used to support local groups and create more opportunities for growth and prosperity. What brings you to ACAM Dialogues? Jessica joined ACAM Dialogues to understand the […]
Chloe Reyes
Chloe Reyes (she/her) is a first-generation Filipino immigrant living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. She is a fifth year undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia, with a major in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice and a minor in Law and […]
Zahra Chan-Khan
Zahra (she/her) is in the second year of her Masters of Education for Sustainability, Resilience, and Regeneration. Her background is in conservation and ecology, and she currently works in land-based learning. Zahra is interested in transformative approaches to education that are critical, place-based, and culturally relevant. What brings you to ACAM Dialogues? Zahra is an […]
Yasuko Tamaki
Yasuko (She/Her) is a 4th year student at UBC. Her major is Asian studies and her minor is Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She is interested in the Japanese women’s diaspora. When researching female im/migrants, there are overwhelmingly few records of women, and despite their existence, they are absent from historical records. Through Yasuko’s […]
Liana Raisanen
Liana Raisanen (she/her) is a graduate student in UBC’s English Language and Literatures department. She is currently living and learning on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Liana’s academic interests lie at the intersections of social justice, Asian-Canadian and diaspora literature, and migration studies. Particularly, […]
Mary De Leon
Mary (she/her) is a second-year undergraduate Psychology major interested in health, culture, and cognitive psychology. As a first-generation Filipino student, Mary struggled to find her community at UBC in first-year, but through ACAM, she had the privilege to connect with inspiring scholars from around the globe, meeting really cool people, friends, and mentors. What brings […]
Vanessa Chan 陳詠珊
Vanessa Chan 陳詠珊 (she/her) is a Dual Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies student at UBC. Her Bachelor of Arts was in English Language and Literature with a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies. As a second generation Chinese-Canadian settler growing and creating on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories […]
Stella Rosal
Stella Rosal (she/they) is a 4th year student majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in Psychology at UBC. She was raised in Manila for 18 years before migrating to Vancouver in 2021. ACAM Dialogues is where she takes the opportunity to learn more about how migration can impact practices around multilingualism, storytelling, collective learning and […]
Cecilia Chiu
Cecilia (she/her) is a 2nd-year M.Ed. Counselling Psychology student. Her academic and professional interests center on supporting marginalized populations and communities throughout their mental health and healing journeys. She is particularly interested in working with diasporic, immigrant, and newcomer experiences, and is passionate about supporting children and youth during vulnerable transitional periods in their lives. […]
Alyssa Victorino
Alyssa Victorino (she/they) is a first-generation Filipino immigrant on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh lands. She holds a BA in Psychology, Minor in Sociology, and Certificate in Social Justice from Simon Fraser University. Currently, she is a second-year Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) student at the University of British Columbia, where she works […]