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2014 Honorees

2014 Honorees

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This year, we are proud to present the following honorees: The Center for Asian Pacific American Women Leaders & Legends Honoree – Rohini Anand Asian & Pacific islander American Scholarship Fund – APIASF Leaders & Legends Honoree – Catherine Bioc Pan-Pacific American Leaders & Mentors – PPALM Leaders & Legends Honoree – Christine Sato-Yamazaki The […]

Sato-Yamazaki, Christina

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WWAAC 2014 Christine Yamazaki from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Christine was born in San Leandro, California. She spent her childhood in Southern California, where she has many fond memories growing up in Cerritos during her elementary school years. Then at the age of 12, she moved to Japan due to her father’s job as […]

Mori, Floyd

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Play Video ► Shiro Floyd Mori was born in Murray, Utah, outside of Salt Lake City on May 30, 1939. His parents were immigrants to the United States from Kagoshima, Japan. He is the seventh of eight children. When he was a small child, the family bought a farm in Sandy, Utah, where Floyd attended […]

Anand, Rohini

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Play Video ► Dr. Rohini Anand is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer for Sodexo, a leading provider of Quality of Life Services with $24 billion or 18 billion euro in consolidated annual revenue and nearly 428,000 employees in 80 countries serving 75 million customers daily. Dr. Anand is responsible for the strategic […]

Bioc, Catherine

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WWAAC 2014 Catherine Bioc from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Catherine Bioc was born in the Cavite, Philippines to Imelda and Ponciano Bioc. Growing up, Cat was a child full of energy and life and was constantly surrounded by her immediate and extended family. At a very young age, Cat learned the importance of education […]

2014 APIASF – WWAAC Conference

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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Rialto Presidential Suite Session Title: Leveraging Partnerships for Meaningful Change in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community Session Description: This session led and sponsored by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) will focus on leveraging partnerships to create meaningful, measurable and scalable change for the […]

The 9th Annual WWAAC Awards

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Saturday, September 27th Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University in Atlanta The 9th Annual WWAAC Awards will be presented Saturday, September 27th in a ceremony at the Rialto Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Prominent Asian Americans from across the country will be honored including three Awardees from the topmost national […]