Underscoring Our Needs

The President’s Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders faces an uncertain future under a new administrationBy Joseph Hong

One of the last testimonies of the evening at the Los Angeles Town Hall meeting held last year, was that of a single Asian American mother, limited in her English skills. The woman described her frustration in trying to find information in her language that could help her better support her special-needs child.

“And there was nothing, just nothing available for her,” said Tessie Guillermo, a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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