Members of Our Team
ASALI is composed of both high school and college Asian American students from Long Island. Meet the members!
Admins
Jeffrey Yu, Founder
Jeffrey Yu is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He has experience being a part of multiple political campaigns and advocacy groups. Looking to bring that experience home, he founded ASALI.
Spencer Tsao, Co-Founder
Spencer Tsao is a freshman at NYU Stern studying Finance, Data Science, and Spanish. In his free time, he likes to read, watch animal videos, and bike. ASALI has been an awesome and fulfilling way to make a difference in his community during quarantine.
Founding Board Members
Iris Liu, Co-President
Iris Liu is the co-president of ASALI and a junior attending Manhasset High School. She has published educational articles in both English and Chinese regarding the American voting system while encouraging readers to take an active role in elections. This article series reached around 50,000 individuals in the Chinese American community. Now, she is continuing to strive for Asian American community engagement in cultural, educational, and political aspects through organizing ASALI.
Mitchell Jung, Co-President
Mitchell is a junior at Manhasset High School passionate about using the arts and media to educate those on topics like school current events and Asian culture. He is one of the lead video editors for Manhasset Broadcasting Company and wants to give other Asian students leadership opportunities to learn important skills that will help them in their lives. One of the main reasons Mitchell wanted to create ASALI was to give other Asian Americans an active stage to make changes in their communities, and help educate people about Asian cultures.
Website/Management
Alyssa Hsu, Co-Webmaster
Alyssa Hsu is a junior at the Bronx High School of Science. She is a programmer for her school’s robotics team and anticipates going into the computer science field. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music while bathing in sunlight.
Brayden Chien, Co-Webmaster
Brayden Chien is a junior at Great Neck South High. He’s an officer representing the Great Neck Community and working on web development at ASALI. In his free time, he enjoys performing theatre, exploring data science, and managing the ChamberDischord server.
Chloe Lin, Secretary
Chloe Lin is a sophomore at Herricks High School and the secretary of ASALI. She is also a teen writer and is currently published in 1455's Movable Type, Young Writers USA, and elsewhere. She volunteers at the Young Writers Initiative and PrepGen. In her free time, Chloe enjoys messing up recipes and folding paper cranes.