Episode 12: Anti-Asian racism in the US

Dr. Gena Lew Gong is a Lecturer in Asian American Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Fresno State. She has extensive experience working and volunteering in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and has held numerous leadership positions, including Board President of Central California Asian Pacific Women, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Community Fund, and Director of Public Policy & Communications for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP). She is also an alumna of the Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute (APAWLI) and the Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar of the East-West Center at the University of Hawai’i.

 In 2018, she was recognized as one of the Top Ten Professional Women by the Marjaree Mason Center in Fresno. Gena has a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from CSU Fresno, an M.A. in Public Policy from Duke University, and a B.A. in Psychology from UC San Diego. She enjoys practicing hula with her Hālau Hula I Ka La ‘ohana, trying out new and interesting recipes, and is looking forward to traveling again soon with her husband and family.