Tag Archives: Asian American Youth

By Tamara Treichel Asian American students have the reputation of being high achievers, diligent, obedient, and, in short, any teacher’s dream – the “perfect students.” This has led to the “model minority” myth regarding Asian Americans. Yet one should regard all stereotypes with caution. As Kim Wong Keltner humorously and yet also poignantly pointed out in her memoir Tiger Babies …

By Sharon Choi, Francine Gorres & Tina Ngo, Asian American LEAD Staff 1.Asian American youth may lack culturally appropriate support. Youth come from different cultural backgrounds, histories, and experiences. From our work with youth, we have seen youth struggle with balancing bi-/multi- cultural identities in addition to the social pressures placed on them as adolescents. Youth from our communities may …

Corazon Foley, Founding Chairman of the Fairfax County Asian American History Project (FCAAHP), has commended the partnership between the Asian Pacific America community and national and local corporations. This is a view shared by other organizations like OCA and the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), which point out that without the partnership–some of which are on a sustained, yearly …