Surviving to Thriving: Pathways Toward Renewal for Asian American and Pacific Islander K-20 Women Leaders

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session features Asian American and Pacific Islander women leaders (AAPIWL) in K-20 educational settings who are dedicated to creating racially just programs that support marginalized student populations. Resistance often arises when engaging in racial justice leadership work, and AAPIWL face unique forms of oppression. Through various engagements in storywork (such as counterstories, kuwentos, autoethnography), we present perspectives that illustrate resistance, resilience, belief, and hope in ourselves, our communities and our futures. The AAPIWL panelists will not only discuss their experiences of marginality within leadership roles in K-20 educational institutions but also explore what is needed to heal and establish a foundation for liberatory leadership that will ultimately benefit our students, colleagues, and institutions.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research

Chair

• Jhey J Crisostomo, California State University - Dominguez Hills

Papers

• Revealing White Emotionalities in the Innovative Leadership of Asian American Women Leaders - Jessica Wei Huang, University of San Diego; Cheryl E. Matias, University of San Diego

• Fighting For Our Existence: Talanoas of Survival and Resistance at SF State - Arlene S. Daus-Magbual, San Francisco State University; Levalasi Loi-On, San Francisco State University

• Leading with Love, Courage, and Action: An Autoethnography of a Korean American Dean for the College of Ethnic Studies - Grace J. Yoo, San Francisco State University

• Reflections on Racial Identity Development: Leadership for Ethnic Studies through a Filipina American Perspective - Tracie Noriega, Association of California School Administrators

Discussant

• Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, San Francisco State University