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

Ruchi Shah
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Ruchi Shah is a student at Barnard College and is majoring in American Studies and minoring in Education Studies. She is passionate about ethnic studies and  pineapple fried rice.

Abby Sachar
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Abby is a sophomore at Cornell University studying Government and Mathematics. She is highly interested in political theory and colonial and postcolonial studies. On campus, she works with Cornell Votes, and for fun, she enjoys hiking, reading, and baking cookies.

Raquel Turner
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Raquel is a sophomore at Columbia University majoring in Latin American Studies with a concentration in Portuguese Studies. She loves family histories and long walks down Broadway.​