We empower the next generation of AAPI dreamers, innovators, and visionaries to fight for and achieve their unique vision of the Asian American dream.
Asian American Dream (AAD) was founded in May 2021 to address the lack of mentorship, professional development, and career advancement programming for Asian American and Pacific Islander undergraduates. Additionally, due to the harmful model minority myth, there is a widespread misconception that all AAPI are inherently well-connected and well-resourced. However, the reality is that AAPI have the largest wealth gap of any racial group with the top 10% of the income distribution earning 11x more than the bottom 10%. These two problems, exacerbate each other, making it extremely difficult for underserved AAPI undergraduates to locate and receive curated support when navigating their early career experiences.
Our strategy at AAD is to provide game-changing mentorship networks, professional development training, and career advancement opportunities for underserved (low-income, first-generation) AAPI undergraduates in New York City. Furthermore, we empower our students to unapologetically chase and achieve their unique vision of the Asian American dream – one that champions their lived experiences, career aspirations, and AAPI heritage. We recognize and celebrate the deeply heterogenous nature of the 76,000+ AAPI undergraduate community in NYC. Through employing strategic outreach efforts to low-income, first-generation AAPI undergraduates and the most marginalized and overlooked AAPI ethnic groups, we strive to dismantle the model minority myth to make space for something much stronger and more enduring: AAPI kinship.
Our strategy at AAD is to provide game-changing mentorship networks, professional development training, and career advancement opportunities for underserved (low-income, first-generation) AAPI undergraduates in New York City. Furthermore, we empower our students to unapologetically chase and achieve their unique vision of the Asian American dream – one that champions their lived experiences, career aspirations, and AAPI heritage. We recognize and celebrate the deeply heterogenous nature of the 76,000+ AAPI undergraduate community in NYC. Through employing strategic outreach efforts to low-income, first-generation AAPI undergraduates and the most marginalized and overlooked AAPI ethnic groups, we strive to dismantle the model minority myth to make space for something much stronger and more enduring: AAPI kinship.
MissionOur guiding mission is to provide mentorship networks, professional development training, and career advancement opportunities for underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander undergraduates, with the goal of helping them achieve their unique vision of the Asian American dream.
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VisionOur north star is a world where all Asian American and Pacific Islander undergraduates are aware of and have access to mentorship networks, professional development training, and career advancement opportunities to achieve their unique vision of the Asian American dream.
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