National Association for the Education and Advancement
of Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese Americans

Executive Board Members

(1998-2000)

: Currently I am a lecturer for Teacher Education and Asian American Studies at CSU Long Beach, California. I am also coordinating a consortium teacher preparation project involving 6 California State Universities in the Los Angeles Basin area to prepare bilingual teachers in Cantonese/Mandarin, Cambodian, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. I am also affiliated with the Center for Language Minority Education and Research located on the campus of CSU Long Beach. I've worked with teachers, administrators, parents, and communities from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds to advocate and promote a 21st Century Education and Citizenry which includes multilingual/multicultural/anti-racist education, school-family-community partnership, and critical technology literacy and integration.
: I am presently the Deputy Director of the National Coalition of Advocates for Students (NCAS), Boston, Massachusetts. NCAS is a nationwide network of 23 child advocacy groups carried out in 13 states and the District of Columbia. I am also the Director of NCAS - National Asian Family/School Partnership Project that focuses specifically on Asian families addressing educational issues from a national perspective through extensive research and direct services. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with BA degree in Math with a minor in French from the University of Minnesota; and an MA degree (in Public Administration) from Hamline University, St. Paul, and MN.

CUong1959@aol.com
Lowell High School
Lowell, MA 01854
Phone (978) 937-8911
Fax (978) 446-7327: I am currently a Certified Guidance Counselor at Lowell High School, Lowell, MA and a Doctoral Candidate in Leadership In Schooling Program. I received a Master Degree in Education from Univ. of Mass. I was Math Teacher & Parent Liaison in 1988-90, Lowell, MA.

: I was recently appointed to the SEARAC as its Executive Director. Previously, for 3 years I was the Executive Director of the Women's Association of Hmong and Lao, Inc. (WAHL) in St. Paul, MN. WAHL is a social service mutual assistance association, serving refugee women and families from Laos.

Leslie Turpin - Vice President, Publications
LMTurpin@tmn.com
School for International Training
Brattleboro, VT
Phone (802) 258-3315
Fax (802) 258-3316: Currently I am on the faculty of Department of Language Teacher Education at School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. I teach courses on identity in language learning, intercultural communication, culture and literacy. I am also managing a project for the Department of Education in Massachusetts designed to develop a statewide curriculum framework to ensure that Adult ESOL Programs throughout the state address the needs of their adult learners, most of whom are immigrants and refugees.

vanlodi@dmps.des-moines.k12.ia.us
Des Moines Public Schools
Project Teach
Des Moines, Iowa 50307
Phone (515) 242-7784
Fax (515) 242-8266: I am the current Director of a Title VII Project named TEACH for Des Moines Independent School District in Iowa. The project’s aim is to support direct minority and immigrant parent involvement for the educational success of their children. I am also the President of the Society of Thaidam American Friendship – SOTAF. I have an MA in Public Administration and also in Art and Teaching at Drake University. My BA degree is in Political Science from Dordt College.

Rose Huong Tran - Treasurer
rtran@mail.sandi.net
Second Langauge Office
San Diego City Schools
San Diego, CA
Phone (619) 225-3557
Fax (619) 223-6934: I am a staff development trainer and the Vietnamese Language Resource Specialist for San Diego City Schools. My primary duties include: organizing and providing in-services for staff in the areas of second language acquisition, multicultural education, and family/community involvement; assessing primary language and academic skills of incoming students from Vietnam; and counseling immigrant parents on effective educational programs for their children.


Sinthaly@mpls.k12.mn.us
Minneapolis Public Schools: I am presently a 5th grade teacher in Minneapolis. I have been with the Minneapolis Unified School District since 1981 as a math and science teacher, a resource teacher, and a developer for district wide bilingual and math curriculum. I received a BA in Elementary Education from Augsburg College, an extended degree in K-12 Bilingual Education from Hamline University, an MA in K-12 Instructiona and Curriculum, and a specialist degree in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas. I am currently completing my doctoral program at the University of St. Thomas.

: Presently I am on the faculty of Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley where I received my Ph.D. in Political Science. My research interest and recent publication focus are on international security and refugee issues, with particular emphases on community welfare and bilingual education. My community activism include being a volunteer and advocate within the Cambodian cmmunity, participating in many resettllement and education oriented projects. I have had opportunities to work and travel extensively throughout Europe and Asia and have been a recipient of various academic fellowships, notably the Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow and the MacArthur Fellowship for Regional Security Studies. Some of the international conferences I have participated in include the Asia-Pacific Round Table in Kuala Lumpur and the U.S. – ASEAN Conference in Singapore.