Angela Wan, community advocate of the International Community Health Services (ICHS)
Angela Wan’s video submission to the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organization’s (AAPCHO) “Our Stories 2012: Empowering Healthy Communities” won the grand prize for the competition, which asked contestants to share how their community health center improved their local community’s health and inspired community members to be leaders. Wan’s video shared how she started a line dancing class at International Community Health Services (ICHS), where she promotes an active lifestyle through dance. The video also documents the work at ICHS, working with multilingual and multi-cultural patients. Wan was honored at AAPCHO’s 25th anniversary gala event in Washington, D.C., on March 20. (end)