By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Seeing how the school system treated students of color motivated Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap, the new president of South Seattle College (SSC), to start a career in education in order to help more students of color obtain the resources they need to succeed. Born and raised in Charleston, S.C. to Filipino […]
Need a job? — Forget about a four-year degree
By Zachariah Bryan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY These days, if you want to find Sarith Sok, you just have to look up. He’s played a role in building some of Seattle’s biggest projects: the 520 bridge, the Northgate Light Rail Station, high-rise buildings in downtown and, currently, the Sea-Tac International Airport expansion. Sok is an ironworker, […]
Outstanding Grads
Andy Khuu is a graduating senior at Franklin High School, who is committed to attending Stanford University in the fall. As a student, Andy has been deeply involved with FIRST Robotics, cross-country, swimming, and track throughout all four years of his high school career. With his ambitions and passion for computer science and programming, Andy […]
School principal on leave amid harassment complaints
Formal complaint spearheaded by VFA By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A Seattle school principal will not return for the 2018-19 school year. Oksana Britsova, the principal at Seattle World School (SWS), was the focus of a formal letter of complaint written by James Hong, executive director of the Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA). He said […]
Job placement is serious business at UW’s Foster School of Business
By Joshua Holland NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Seattle area is a hub for global companies changing the world, thanks to innovators like Amazon, Microsoft, and many others. However, the sizzling economy has done more than just attract headlines. It’s attracted some of the world’s best and brightest to the region. To ensure many of these […]
Charter school conference puts teachers of color in the spotlight
By Tim Gruver NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Growing up in Tacoma, surrounded by people from all walks of life, Marcella Tomlin can remember the difficulties of being a person of color in a classroom. In the fourth grade, Tomlin said that she was often indistinguishable from her other Black peers to her teacher, many of whom […]
The key to Summit Sierra’s success
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY One of the things Edgiemeh De La Cruz appreciates most about Summit Sierra High School is the way the faculty make the school feel like a second home. “[The teachers] always greet you at the door, saying hello, or just checking up with you for a couple seconds, before […]
Filmmaker Long Tran attacks Hollywood’s deep-seated stereotypes
By Jessica Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Asian boy meets white girl. They fall in love. They endure hardship, but in the end, love prevails. It’s a scene that has played out hundreds of times in Western cinema. Oh wait. No, it isn’t. Unless you are watching the upcoming short film by Vietnamese American director, […]
Education students design innovations to better serve immigrant youth
By Dustin Wunderlich Director of Marketing and Communications University of Washington College of Education Over 24 intense hours, teams of University of Washington (UW) education students drew upon design thinking processes to craft new ideas for better addressing the educational needs of immigrant and refugee youth and families. The UW College of Education’s first-ever Ideathon […]
Museum director reflects on diversity, inclusion, and the power of history
By Tim Gruver NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Ellen Ferguson can recall spending some of her favorite childhood memories in the same kind of place where she works today: museums. As the Director of Community Relations at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Ferguson has enjoyed a 40-year career with what she describes as one […]
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