About
Our Mission
We cultivate healthy, long-lasting, and vibrant Asian and Pacific Islander communities through community-centered engagement, education, and advocacy.
Our Vision
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Our Team

DUKE CHOI (HE/HIM)
Program Manager,
Sustainable SGV

CLARISSA CHOY (SHE/HER)
Community Engagement Coordinator, Sustainable SGV

KEVIN CORTEZ (HE/HIM)
Distribution Coordinator,
Food Roots Harvest

LOUISE "ISA" FONUA (SHE/HER)
Community Health Worker

HENG LAM FOONG, MS (SHE/HER)
Co-Division Director
Heng Lam Foong (she/her) is currently a Co-Director at APIFM, bringing to the organization 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, community engagement and policy advocacy. Most recently,…

JEREMY GUAN (HE/HIM)
Community Engagement Coordinator
Jeremy (Jianhong) Guan (he/him) is a Community Engagement Coordinator for the Food Roots Harvest team. Jeremy was born in China and then moved to Los Angeles at the age of 12. He is currently a student majoring in…

LINDA HUYNH (SHE/HER)
PROGRAM MANAGER, CALFRESH HEALTHY LIVING & FOOD ROOTS NOURISH

JEAN PARK (SHE/HER)
Program COORDINATOR, Sustainable SGV
Jean Park (she/her) is a Program Coordinator for Water is Life & Nature for All projects. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jean is inspired by community-led efforts and initiatives focused on…

NARE PARK (THEY/THEM)
Program Coordinator,
Food Roots Harvest

LEAH PEREZ (SHE/HER)
Community Health Worker

FREDDY RAMOS (HE/HIM)
DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR, CALFRESH HEALTHY LIVING

KEKE SULU (SHE/HER)
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER

CHRISTOPHER TENORIO (HE/HIM)
Program Coordinator,
Food Roots Nourish,
Community Health
Christopher Tenorio (he/his) is the Program Coordinator for Food Roots Nourish’s Community Health project at APIFM. Born in Guam and originally from the Bay Area, Chris found himself in Los Angeles in 2017 in order to…

PHIL TIMOTEO (HE/HIM)
Administrative Assistant,
Food Roots Harvest

KYLE TSUKAHIRA, MPA (HE/HIM)
Co-Division Director
Kyle Tsukahira is currently a Co-Director at Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement (APIFM). Kyle has over nine years of experience in leading community-based programs focused on health equity, food access, and environmental justice for Asian & Pacific Islander (API) communities in Los Angeles…

AMELIA VERNON (SHE/HER)
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER
Amelia (she/her) is passionate about working to improve health equity and provide quality care for underserved communities. Since graduating from UCLA, she has worked with various Pacific Islander COVID-19 response…

LYNA VUONG (SHE/HER)
PROGRAM MANAGER, FOOD ROOTS NOURISH
Lyna Vuong (she/her) is APIFM’s Food Roots Nourish (FRN) Program Manager. She focuses on culturally responsive programming centering on healthy food access, nutrition education, healthy cooking, and community gardening. Lyna also leads…

PEGGY WANG (SHE/HER)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
Peggy Wang joined SSG/APIFM in 2022 as a Community Engagement Coordinator with the Enroll LA team where she engages easily with community members to inform and help qualified persons to enroll into the CalFresh program. Peggy is…

JE-SHOW YANG (HE/HIM)
PROGRAM MANAGER, Sustainable SGV
As the Senior Policy Coordinator of the API Forward Movement’s Sustainable SGV program, Jeshow Yang works to empower local residents to positively impact the SGV communities. Collaborating with the residents and elected officials, he focuses on…
Advisory Board

BRIAN KIM
Chair

SABRINA YUNUS
Vice Chair

LESLIE TOY
Secretary
Passion for APIFM: I was introduced to APIFM through the Board Leadership Program (BLP). I loved the mission of this organization which serves the community by…
Jocelyn Estiandan, MPH, serves a Health Program Manager of the Integration Unit within the Office of Planning, Integration, and Engagement at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH)…
Passion for APIFM: Ranko has been a long-time supporter of APIFM’s work and is especially passionate about access to local, fresh produce by API families. She has learned a lot from APIFM’s continued…
Donors & Supporters
Albertsons Companies Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
Beim Foundation
Butterfly Equity Foundation
California Community Foundation
Chinatown Firecracker Run
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Community Catalyst
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Dignity Health Community Benefits – Long Beach
First 5 Los Angeles
FreshWorks Fund
Kaiser Permanente – Los Angeles
Kaiser Permanente – South Bay
Kaiser Permanente – Southern California
Independence at Home (IAH), a SCAN community service
Nissan Foundation
Resources Legacy Fund
SoCalGas Foundation
St. Joseph’s Foundation
The California Endowment
The Water Foundation
Weingart Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
California Air Resources Board
California Environmental Protection Agency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Metro
North American Association for Environmental Education
US Environmental Protection Agency
US Department of Agriculture
California State University, Los Angeles
Occidental College
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Elite Graphics
HealthFit
Metro
Sender One
Timbuk2
Capital Group
Circle of Change