TACL National Board has added even more members this year! Get to know the new board members below.
Christina Hu, Director of Civic Engagement (Census 2020 focus)
Previous involvement with the TA or AA community: Taiwanese Student Association at UVA, Asian American Policy Review at Harvard
What do you hope to accomplish on National Board? Looking forward to campaign for 2020 census write in initiative.
Fun fact about yourself: I make short documentary films in my free time.
Favorite Taiwanese food/drink: I love pork chops and bawan.
Short bio: Christina was born in Taiwan and grew up in Virginia. She was a founding member of the Taiwanese Student Association at University of Virginia, and as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer, she helped found the Minority Awareness Group to help support American Minority Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Ukraine. At Harvard Kennedy School of Government, she helped organize the National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Public Policy as the conference chair representing the Harvard Asian American Policy Review. Christina is passionate about political engagement and community organizing; in 2012, she served as Regional GOTV Director in Virginia for President Obama’s re-election campaign. In 2019, Christina joined the TACL National Board as Director of Civic Engagement to help lead the Census 2020 Initiative. In her free time, Christina produces short documentaries and writes short stories that highlight the Taiwanese American and Asian American experience.
Maxwell Lee, Secretary
Previous involvement with the TA or AA community: TAP-ATL Culture Chair (1 yr), VP (2 yr).
What do you hope to accomplish on National Board? Develop processes to empower local chapters.
Fun fact about yourself: My favorite activity is grocery shopping (especially at ethnic markets).
Favorite Taiwanese food/drink: Hey Song Sarsaparilla.
Short bio: Maxwell is an Atlanta native, born and raised. His first contacts with the Taiwanese American community was when he first attended Atlanta Taiwanese American Association events with his family. Maxwell received his BS from GA Tech, which is where he first got involved with TASA. After working for a few years, he went back to school and received his MS from Georgia State. When he is not sugaring, Maxwell works in data and analytics in NYC.
Victor Wang, Director of Technology
Previous involvement with the TA or AA community: TAP-NY Tech Chair, Advocacy Chair, Vice President
What do you hope to accomplish on National Board?
– Improve SEO for TACL
– Standardize a “getting started” toolkit for new TAP chapters
– Automate internal processes where appropriate
Fun fact about yourself: I like listening to philosophy podcasts.
Favorite Taiwanese food/drink: Beef noodle
Short bio: Victor grew up in Long Island and currently resides in New York City. After graduating from MIT, he has worked for multiple start-ups, including one he founded with previous TAP-NY/TACL Board members. He only listens to classic Jay Chou and has been through multiple Taiwanese television drama phases in his life.
Yen Ting, Director of National Initiatives
Previous involvement with the TA or AA community: I was part of TASA, TiSA, and ITASA during my college career. Most notably being the VP of ITASA helped me the most in getting involved with the TA community.
What do you hope to accomplish on National Board? I hope to bring all the TACL programs closer than ever to enhance our TA connections.
Fun fact about yourself: I accidentally licked my friend’s tongue in elementary school when we were both pretending to lick the other person by licking air.
Favorite Taiwanese food/drink: Those egg puddings that they sell in 7-11
Short bio: Yen was born in Taipei and moved to Houston, TX when he was ten with his twin sister and mom. He spent the rest of his teenage years in Sugar Land, TX and attended the same high school as Sharon. Yen then obtained his Computer Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin while spending a lot of his time being involved in the Taiwanese American community through a variety of collegiate organizations. After graduating from UT, he has been working as a software engineer in Austin. Naturally, Yen was also part of the TAP-ATX board before he joined TACL National Board. In his spare time, he likes to daydream about going on a backpacking trip and to worry about his cats getting in trouble back at the house.
Welcome to the new board members! For a list of all the TACL National Board Members, visit our About page.