As a professor and Community College Trustee—on the local, state and national levels—I change young lives through education.
I was a young leader. Community elders recruited me to a life of activism. I became a founding member of Asian Americans for Community Involvement.
I worked with my father to build our nursery in Sunnyvale. As a young man I opened the Flower Cottage to sell what my family grew.
But I turned the back room in the flower shop into a place where we built community power through grassroots politics.
Receiving the 2004 Wall of Tolerance Award signed by Rosa Parks was my proudest moment.
I fought for equal housing and educational opportunities. I marched at the first Earth Day and have been a lifelong pro-choice advocate.
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Outstanding Faculty of the Year, Evergreen Valley College
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Top Dad Award—Building Peaceful Families Organization
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Justice Dignity Equality Award—Asian Law Alliance
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Martin Luther King Good Neighbor Award
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Wall of Tolerance Award
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Distinguished Alumnus Award—Fremont Union High School District
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AACI Leadership Award
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