Hello Everyone,

Things are always busy in the office especially without our wonderful interns. We're currently hiring our new team, so please do let me know if you're interested in our academic year internship.  

Last night, attended the Corporate Asian American Employee Network (CAAEN) 6th Annual Event at Chevron in San Ramon.  It was a great event where I had the chance to speak with many Asian American employees at the largest Silicon Valley corporations about hepatitis B and liver cancer, and why they should care.  The wheel game was a great hit, primarily because of the cute Jade Ribbon Campaign cows that we have, and people were very receptive to the education and really took what I said to heart.  Our booth was definitely one fo the busiest, which was great.  Cisco, our first partner to launch a corporate hepatitis B initiative, was once again an incredible support at the CAAEN event.  May from Cisco was so kind and helped me educate when the booth was swarmed.  She and Wai-pan even helped me clean up afterwards - SO KIND!  It's fantastic to be at these types of events because you never know who you meet and who can potentially be your ally.  

Also attended the leadership forum that included a panel with top Asian American leaders from Visa, Chevron, and AAA.  It was great to hear their perspectives on what it means to be an Asian American leader, the pros, the challenges, and where they see Asian Americans in future leadership. Our economy, our world is becoming increasingly diverse, and we need to embrace that diversity and bring it to the table.  I enjoyed talking to Lynn Chou after the panel discussion - she's such an inspiration as a successful Asian American female leader.  One thing I learned (among many others) is that to advance in your career is to excel at what you do, but to also have those 3-4 projects that you take ownership of for each year that you can speak about to your superiors and others to demonstrate your leadership and ability.

Thank you for reading!

Amy