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Top Contributors honored

December 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Singh Northwest  Asian Weekly Every year, the Northwest Asian Weekly and Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation hold a banquet in honor of the Top Contributors to the Asian Community in the past year. These honorees are passionate about improving their communities in such areas as education, health, activism, and politics.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Community, Cornerstone Medical, Fred Yee, Frieda Takamura, Hong Restaurant, Korean, NAAAP, Nisei Veterans Club, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Pearl Harbor, Sherwin Tsao, Top Contributors 2014, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, WWII, Washington State Senator-elect, top contributors

Top Contributor: Lori Wada — It’s all about healthcare

December 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly Northwest Asian Weekly Top Contributor honoree Lori Wada has been on the Board of Directors of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) since April 2014.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2014, API, Buwon Brown, CAPAA, CAPPAA, Executive Director, Insurance Commissioner, Korean Community Service Center, Korean Women, Lori Wada, Lori Wada Photo, Martins University, Ninette Cheng, Northwest Asian Weekly Top Contributor, Top Contributors 2014, United States, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12, Washington Lottery Commission, language

Top Contributor: Dr. Jai Jun Byeon — Helping the underserved community

December 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Dr. Jai Jun Byeon is the CEO and Chief Medical Officer for Cornerstone Medical Services. He is a strong advocate of health equity for immigrants and minorities, and received the 2013 Molina Healthcare Champion award. As a family physician, Byeon is a certified civil surgeon who can perform immigration physical […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Affordable Care Act, Asian Americans, CEO, Cornerstone Medical Services, Dr. Jai Jun Byeon, Governor Jay Inslee, Korean, Molina Healthcare Champion, Northwest Asian Weekly, Radio Hankook, Samsung Medical Center, Seattle, Seoul National University, South King County, South Korea, Top Contributors 2014, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12

Top Contributor: Dat Giap — Local dentist contributes volunteer work and smiles

November 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Dat Giap loved sciences in high school. He thought he wanted to be an electrical engineer “when I grow up,”… but it was not until his first year in college, that he realized his weakness. He did fine in everything, but he had some troubles with physics, in figuring out […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Bellevue High School, LSU, New Orleans, Northwest Asian Weekly, RVN, Seattle, Top Contributor Dat Giap Local, Top Contributors 2014, UGM, United Stated, Vol 33 No 49 | November 29 - December 5

Top Contributor: Frieda Takamura, lifetime contributor to the Asian community

November 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Senhao Liu Northwest Asian Weekly From being a teacher to a policymaker in education improvement, Frieda Takamura has contributed much during the past 40 years to the Asian Pacific Islander community.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Pacific American Affairs, Asian Pacific Islander, Chinese, Frieda Takamura, Japanese American, Michael Itti, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Senhao Liu, Southeast Asian, Tokyo, Top Contributor Frieda Takamura, Top Contributors 2014, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, WEA, Walla Walla, White Center Community Development Association, Whitman College

Top Contributor: Leny Valerio-Buford — A history of helping others reach a higher education

November 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Conversations, discussions and debates were a normal thing in Lenore (Leny) Valerio-Buford’s household growing up in the Philippines. Valerio-Buford was born and raised in a small town called Taypay. She was the second oldest of six children. She has four sisters and one brother, who is the youngest.  She […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Education, Minority Affairs, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, PTA, Philippines, Seattle University, Top Contributors 2014, UW, United States, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Program, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, culture, language, women of color

Top Contributor: Celebrating a lifetime of community service — Fred Yee

November 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Fred Yee was a Chinese American student who wanted to please his family by studying science. So he chose geology, but he quickly realized that community service was his real passion. When he was 18, Yee arrived at Seattle from Hong Kong in August 1969. The original plan was […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Asian Americans, Asian Community, CISC, Chinese American, Dennis Lam, Fred Yee, Hong Kong, Kin On, MBA, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle University, Top Contributor Celebrating, Top Contributors 2014, UW, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Yee Family Association

Top Contributor: Modesty, even after 88 years — Louise Kashino still quietly contributes to our community

November 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly Behind every good man, there is a good woman. And perhaps there is no truer case of that than Louise Kashino. While her husband Shiro Kashino was used to the spotlight, having been a high school football star and a war hero, she was used to making things work […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Asian Community, Bronze Star, Christmas Party, Debbie Kashino, Executive Committee, Japanese American, Louise Kashino, Nisei Veterans Hall, Northwest Asian Weekly, Purple Hearts, Puyallup Fairgrounds, Seattle, Second World War, Shiro Kashino, Tish Oye, Top Contributor Modesty, Top Contributors 2014, Vol 33 No 46 | November 8 - November 14, Zachariah Bryan

Top Contributor: NAAAP breaks the bamboo ceiling

October 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alice Day NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “Professional development,” “networking,” and “community service” are the three pillars of the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP),  a nonprofit, professional organization with more than 25 chapters in the United States and Canada.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Albert Shen, Annie Zhou, Annual Scholarship Gala, Asian Americans, Career Diversity Mixer, Chakrya Lim, Elaine Kitamura, Hang Chen, Judy Ocondi, Kevin Chang, Ki Kim, Lien Ngu, Loan Ly, NAAAP, National Association of Asian American Professionals, Seattle, Seattle Chapter, Sherwin Tsao, Top Contributors 2014, Vol 33 No 45 | November 1 - November 7

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