我们的工作人员
曾丽嘉
现场主任
里贾纳出生在纽约一个紧密结合的中国移民家庭，以她的 4 英尺，一把英寸为首爪子（外婆），一个巨人族，飞到半个世界来帮助抚养她。通过他们，她扎根于强烈的亚洲身份，并教会了家庭、社区的价值以及不断为彼此展示的力量。
Regina 毕业于密歇根大学，获得经济学和社会学学士学位；她的专业背景包括非营利医疗保健领域的体验式营销、筹款和特殊活动，以及 AAPI 公民参与组织的沟通/志愿者协调。通过 Rising Voices，她希望帮助创造鼓励快乐、赋权以及集体学习和解放的空间。在她的业余时间，你可以发现她很节俭，开始她似乎无法完成的书籍，并每天告诉她 5 岁的女儿 500 次“再说一遍，但用广东话”。她最喜欢的非英语单词是感叹词，通过简单的语调变化可以表示一百种不同的东西，比如“哎呀”。 “金筑居”（黄金修复）也是一个涂料词/概念。
茉莉花里维拉
传讯总监
Jasmine 出生在底特律的一个菲律宾裔美国移民家庭，在那里她由激进的父母抚养长大，始终参与行动并向权力说真话。 Jasmine 毕业于密歇根州立大学，获得詹姆斯麦迪逊学院国际关系学士学位，并获得哥伦比亚大学电影导演硕士学位。 Jasmine 将运用她在叙事叙事和交流方面的技能来帮助建立 APIA 社区和赋权。 马基巴卡！胡瓦格马塔科特！（“战斗！不要害怕！”）是她最喜欢的他加禄语短语之一。
HENRY DUONG
Legislative & Political Director
Henry was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the US with his family when he was eight. He grew up in the San Gabriel Valley (aka “the 626”), a vibrant Asian American ethnoburb of Los Angeles, where there are more boba shops than Starbucks. This upbringing has shaped Henry’s views of how we can care for family, build community, and practice solidarity outside the oppressive structures of white supremacy.
As Rising Voices's Legislative and Political Director, Henry is responsible for developing and advancing the organization’s policy priorities, issue campaigns, and electoral strategies. He joined Rising Voices as an APALA Civic Engagement & Organizing Fellow during the 2022 midterms, then came on board as the first policy manager. In that role, he led the organization's statewide legislative advocacy program, which most recently advocated for the successful passage of Michigan's first comprehensive language access law. Previously, Henry served as the Program Manager and LA Field Representative at the California Association of Nonprofits, helping nonprofits obtain state COVID-19 grants and advocating for student debt reform for nonprofit workers. Henry also worked under DC Mayor Muriel Bowser at the Mayor’s Office on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, where he administered the District’s million-dollar grant to CBOs to engage hard-to-count residents during the 2020 Census, served as the language access compliance officer, and spearheaded the reporting of anti-Asian hate crimes in the District. He earned his BA in Public Relations and Marketing from American University
凯特琳·希莫拉·戈德特
数字助理/现场组织者
Caitlin Shimoura Goedert is also 延世 喜欢她的姐姐塞莱斯特。她于 2021 年毕业于韦恩州立大学，获得政治学学位。她对数字组织充满热情，很高兴能与密歇根的亚裔美国人社区成员建立联系。 Caitlin 的灵感来自她的妈妈 Irenita Shimoura Goedert 和她的两个姐姐。在空闲时间，Caitlin 喜欢与她的比特犬 Jasper 共度时光并观看《阿凡达》。
BRENDA MAQDASI
Education Campaign Coodinator
Brenda, a first-generation Chaldean-America from Macomb County, graduated from Wayne State University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minors in Arabic and History. Before joining Rising Voices, she dedicated much of her time to volunteering and interning to protect our elections and encourage voter participation. Brenda aspires to serve one term in Congress, before becoming a K-12 history teacher in the future. Her work at Rising Voices is crucial to her mission of advocating for a diverse curriculum for Michigan's K-12 students. In her rare freetime, she loves to read, scroll on TikTok, and spends most weekends watching sports with her family and friends.
NUE LEE
Communications Manager
As a proud Hmong American woman, Nue has a passion for amplifying underserved communities, and brings a powerhouse background in advocacy, coalition-building, and strategic communication to the Communication Manager role. From advising progressive Asian American organizations like AAPI Victory Alliance and OCA National to recently leading AANHPI engagement efforts in Michigan during the 2024 election, Nue has been at the forefront of grassroots organizing and breaking barriers in political outreach.
A lifelong learner, Nue has a background in human development and family studies and has completed coursework at the University of Michigan in the PhD program for higher education. Beyond advocacy, she enjoys orchestrating memorable events to bring people together to make meaningful change (she once pulled off a virtual inauguration gala with over 25,000 views!).