Alice Yi, President of AALC
Alice has mobilized Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in Austin for about 30 years. Alice is a co-founder and senior strategy consultant for Asian Texans for Justice, founder of Austin Asian Community Civic Coalition, leads another non-profit Register2Vote organization to register TX voters and beyond, a local partner with the Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote organization for the past ten years. In 2013, she co-founded the Austin, TX, Chapter of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs. Alice is the Asian American Community Liaison to Congressman Lloyd Doggett, also on the Executive Board Committee of the Exploring Capital Area Council. Alice came to the U.S. from China over 42 years ago to study at The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas.
Under her leadership, as a first-year non-profit organization, Asian Texans for Justice made history for our Asian Community. They have raised munificent funds, built AAPI coalitions in TX, and invested in TX state-wide voter turnout projects for both primary and general elections in 2022.
Alice Yi Photo Gallery
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Sue Zhao, Board Member,
AALC Florida Chair
Sue joined Asian American Democratic Club( AADC) in 2016 as Social Media Director and Chief Editor of Voice of Chinese America (VOCA), a political commentary platform under Hana Media. As AADC Vice Chair, Sue organized the national campaign in the Chinese American For Biden (CAFB) affinity group responsible for phone banking & postcard writing in the 2020 Presidential election.
As an AALC Action Committee member, Sue actively supported the opposition against TX SB147 led by AALC, responsible for coverage and communication on Social Media about all the events in the movement of the Anti-discriminatory bills.
As AALC Florida Chair, Sue organized South Florida Chinese Community to call & send emails to FL Representatives & FL Senators against HB1355 & SB264 in April 2023 and jointly organized the Miami area protest rally on April 29, 2023.
Sue earned her Master of Science Degree at Florida International University. She is a scientist working in the Biotech industry in Miami.
Sze Chan, Board Member
Sze Chan has been volunteering on political campaigns for almost 10 years and has worked on many local, state, and national campaigns. She served as the volunteer Co-lead of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign in New York City and was the Chief Translation Auditor for the Biden Presidential Campaign Affinity Group CAFB. She advised on language and culture related matters for many other campaigns as well. Aside from political campaigns, she also volunteers for issues-based campaigns and organizations (e.g. gun safety, voter education, racial justice, etc.). She is currently the Director of Strategy of the Asian American Democratic Club (AADC) as well as the Asian American Leadership Council (AALC).
As an immigrant, she understands deeply the disconnect between different generations and for minority communities. She hopes her work can help to bridge this disconnect. One of her favorite types of volunteer work is mentoring young AAPI leaders on their path into civic engagement and service. She is a professional translator, cultural advisor, language access facilitator, as well as healer, educator, and former media worker. She currently serves on the board of her local Y chapter and supervises students.
Albert Yan, Ph.D, Board Member
Albert has served in the Chinese American communities in South Florida for almost 20 years. He was elected as the president of the Chinese Association of Science, Education, and Culture of South Florida (CASEC) during 2019-2021 and is the current Chair of the Oversight Committee of CASEC (2021-2023). During the pandemic, Albert launched and organized the largest fundraisers in CASEC history to purchase medical supplies for both domestic and international hospitals for COVID-19 relief. From January 23 to the middle of July 2020, CASEC collaborated with other local Chinese American groups, collected over $100, 000 funds and medical supplies, and organized over 40 donation efforts to hospitals, and senior communities in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. One of the large-scale 21,600 pieces of PPE donations was to Telnet Medical Group, which was on the cover-page story of Palm Beach Post and an interview by WPTV 5. Albert and the CASEC team also assisted CASEC members and families to secure PPE supplies and Chinese medicine against COVID-19. Under his leadership, CASEC organized a series of cultural and educational events to spread Chinese culture and promote the friendship between the US and China.
Albert joined South Florida Chinese Community to call & send emails to FL Representatives & FL Senators against HB1355 & SB264 in April 2023 and organized the protest rally on April 29, 2023, in Miami Florida. Albert is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Asian American Justice Alliance (FAAJA)
Albert Yan received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Florida International University.
Yue Zhang, Ph.D, Board Member
Dr. Zhang graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D in Environmental Science and Engineering. Currently he is a faculty member at Texas A & M University. He is also passionate about public service and volunteering work.
Ni Yan, AALC Legal Counsel
Ni Yan is a New York licensed attorney and has been practicing immigration law at Law Office of Solis & Yan, P.C. in Houston, representing both individuals and corporations in Houston Tx since March, 2002. She has successfully represented clients in over 10,000 cases and thrived on helping those in need to realize their dreams of living or working in the United States of America. She has been volunteering for many non-profit organizations.
