THE FOUNDERS

​Kathy Lu

Co-Founder 
​kathy@immigranthistory.org
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Kathy grew up in Oregon and graduated from Yale Law School. She has several years of teaching and curriculum development experience and is passionate about immigrant histories. Since graduating from Yale, Kathy works at a non-profit organization providing legal services to immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in New York City. She founded this organization to raise up immigrant voices in hopes of a more just, empathetic, and colorful America.

​Julia Chang Wang

Co-Founder 
​julia@immigranthistory.org
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​Julia grew up in Beijing and Chicago and graduated from Yale Law School. Before law school, Julia studied History and Economics at Harvard and obtained her Masters in History at Cambridge. She also worked in Chicago on community organizing and curriculum development. She has worked at the Center for Reproductive Rights and is now a practicing lawyer in New York. She hopes IHI will bring greater understanding and appreciation for the stories of immigrants like herself.

THE TEAM

Jennifer Vo
curriculum design

Jennifer is a junior at Boston University with a major in Sociology and a minor in Deaf Studies and Public Policy Analysis. She is passionate about Asian American history, immigration patterns, and storytelling!

Karen Cheng
program design/social media

Karen is a rising junior studying Political Science and History at Columbia University. Her experience writing pen-pal letters with detained immigrants informs her passion for advocating for and sharing the stories of migration in America. She is looking forward to developing this interest and engaging with her own Asian American identity at IHI.

Junee Kim
program design

Junee is a nontraditional student studying Human Rights at Columbia University and a graduate of the City Colleges of Chicago. They are excited to work alongside IHI at the intersection of migration, race, and social justice.

Morgan Yen
curriculum design/social media

Morgan is a junior at UCSD studying Political Science and Sociology. She is passionate about including diverse narratives in the U.S. education system and hopes to influence long-term change through curriculum design. As a proud daughter of immigrant parents, she seeks to champion the voices of communities like her own.