The AACC Center Staff is comprised of several teams focusing on different areas and work collaboratively with one another, our AACC Peer Liaisons, Yale staff and faculty, the greater New Haven community, and alumni.
Head Coordinators |
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Lillian Hua (Silliman ‘21)Pronouns: she/hers Major: Ethnicity, Race, and Migration & Economics Why AACC? I’m fortunate for the AACC to have been a space of immense learning and growth during my years at Yale. Despite the pandemic and our being scattered, I’m hopeful that we can continue to hold space and community for everyone who’s searching :) What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Bullet journaling, skincare What is your favorite book or class? Decolonizing East Asia (Spring 2019) |
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Jennifer Qu (Berkeley ‘22)Pronouns: she/her/hers Major: Sociology Why AACC? Working at the AACC has always been about the people – to help create a space filled with warmth and laughter, where we approach one another with kindness and learn from each other’s experiences and worldviews What is your favorite food and where do you get it? Beef noodles from Steamed (New Haven) What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Vlogging |
AACC 40th Anniversary |
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Pia Gorme (Pierson ‘23)Pronouns: she/her/hers Major: MB&B & History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health Why AACC? The AACC was a huge part of my first year where I found a second home and an amazing group of people I had the pleasure to work with and get to know. I loved being able to connect with the Asian and Asian American community at Yale and welcoming everyone into a space where they can celebrate and embrace their identities. I’m excited to return on staff this year to connect with more people and show them the support, resources, and community the AACC can offer them! What is your favorite food and where do you get it? Dinuguan w/ rice or puto cheese; At home or at a Filipino restaurant What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Listening to music & making spotify playlists, playing piano, watching tv shows/movies, working out (Chloe Ting and Betina Gozo <3), and (more recently) drawing avatar the last airbender characters |
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Ananya Kumar-Banerjee (Berkeley ‘21)Pronouns: they/she Major: Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Why AACC? The AACC is a home for organizing and a place to be at home in the space that is Yale What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Drawing! Writing! Also recently took up the ukulele, but I won’t play for you because I am not good at it What is your go-to midnight snack? Lamb shawarma with babaganoush from Mamoun’s Falafel |
Alumni Engagement |
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Angelreana Choi (Pauli Murray ‘23)Pronouns: she/her/hers Major: Economics & Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Why AACC? The Asian American Cultural Center is a space I feel comfortable in, and I am excited to continue to help make the AACC a welcoming virtual and in-person space to all AAPI folx, no matter where you’re from and what your ethnicity is What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Running my podcast (check it out! @homecomingpod) What is your favorite book or class? The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho |
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Saket Malhotra (Pauli Murray ‘23)Pronouns: he/him Major: Ethnicity, Race, and Migration & Environmental Science Why AACC? I’m really excited to make the AACC a more inclusive space where students can find community and express themselves! What is your favorite food and where do you get it? Dhal Pura - My kitchen What is your favorite book or class? On Activism: The Politics of Protest and Distruption |
Communications and Design |
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Annelise Ayuravann Ratner (Silliman ‘22)Pronouns: she/her Major: Film and Media Studies Why AACC? Working at the AACC means working collaboratively to cultivate a fun, embracing, educational, and transformational community for Asian and Asian American students at Yale and our friends! What is your favorite food and where do you get it? Kaw Sach Chrouk from my grandma :) What is your favorite book or class? Visual Kinship: Families and Photographs |
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Yuka Saji (Ezra Stiles ‘22)Pronouns: she/her/hers Major: English and Political Science Why AACC? Creating a welcoming space where Asian and Asian-American students can explore and celebrate their cultural identities What is your go-to midnight snack? A veggiedilla from the Stiles Buttery What is your favorite book or class? Class: Law and Gender in the Japanese Empire. Book: Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos |
Historical, Artistic, and Cultural Resources |
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Nathan Kim (Pauli Murray ‘22)Pronouns: he/him/his Major: Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; Statistics and Data Science Why AACC? Learning with the people I am closest to, having the space to think and reflect slowly, and curating this process to be inclusive and liberatory for all What is your go-to midnight snack? Buldak What is your favorite book or class? I love Grace Cho’s “Haunting the Korean Diaspora” and George Jackson’s “Blood in My Eye” |
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Lauren Lee (Pauli Murray ‘23)Pronouns: she/hers Major: English & Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Why AACC? It means being able to work with a welcoming Asian American community that I didn’t have before going to college and expanding my imagination to what educational and organization practices can help our community (and others!) at Yale What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Making art, playing guitar, attempting every baked good imaginable What is your favorite book or class? Beloved by Toni Morrison |
Political Action and Educaton |
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Sunnie Liu (Jonathan Edwards ‘21)Pronouns: she/her/hers Major: History & Art Why AACC? Not only is the AACC home to such a supportive, thoughtful community, but it also has provided me the space to engage in Asian American activism, studies, and self-discovery What is your go-to midnight snack? Trader Joe’s Thai tea mini mochi (dairy free but I promise it’s addictively good) What is your favorite book or class? Favorite book: “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy; Favorite class: Old Jim Crow, New Jim Crow |
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Vy Tran (Branford ‘21)Pronouns: she/hers Major: Ethnicity, Race, & Migration Why AACC? It means bringing intersectional and critical thinking to the AACC, a place that has felt like home to me for years now, and it means making the AACC a home for others who might need it too What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Photography, drawing, running What is your favorite book or class? ERM 300 Comparative Ethnic Studies |
Wellness and Mental Health |
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Tasnia Khan (Pauli Murray ‘21)Pronouns: she/hers Major: History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health Why AACC? Everyone at the AACC has truly become part of my family over the past few years! Working at the AACC allows me to grow, be vulnerable, support my community, have important conversations, eat lots of great food, and have lots of fun! The bonds everyone shares definitely go beyond the physical space, and I’m excited to see how we continue to strengthen those bonds over the 2020-21 year! What is your go-to midnight snack? Banana ice cream What is your favorite book or class? The Color Purple by Alice Walker |
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Herman Peng (Grace Hopper ‘22)Pronouns: he/him/his Major: Philosophy Why AACC? An opportunity to connect with my community. Gives me a platform to impact my community directly What’s your hobby (or hobbies)? Following Premier League soccer What is your favorite book or class? The Great Gatsby |
First-Year Coordinators |
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Resty Fufunan (Trumbull ‘24)Pronouns: he/him/his Major: Undecided (prospective ERM and Chemical Engineering) Why AACC? The AACC allows me to join—and actively shape—a warm and welcoming community here at Yale! I’m excited to how we the center can adapt in order to continue providing spaces to explore, interrogate, and uplift our identities. What is your favorite food and where do you get it? Phở from Chicago’s Argyle neighborhood What is your favorite book or class? “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong |
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Sunehra Subah (Berkeley ‘24)Pronouns: she/her/সে Major: Interested in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Why AACC? Working at the AACC means being a part of a family of all shades and colors. I’m excited to explore the duality of the Asian-American identity, and share foods, songs, traditions, and the different ways we say “I love you” with the other students here! What is your favorite food and where do you get it? Thai soup from Sagar Chinese, the Indian-Chinese version of one of the first successful Bangladeshi restaurants to open in NYC What is your favorite book or class? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah |
