Pan Asian Coalition for Education - PACE

Celebrate Lunar New Year with us at the HGSE Hangout! 🧧🐴♥️
In collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs, join us to honor Pan-Asian cultures, connect with community, and welcome the new year with traditions, food, and joy!
We hope to see many of you there!

Some snaps from HGSE hangout yesterday 🥮🎨😊
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first event of the year, in collaboration with OSA !
It was such a joy to celebrate the season together and welcome both new and familiar faces into our community !

📣Introducing the US K-12 Education Leadership Panel, which brings together visionary leaders in K-12 education who have not only navigated uncertainties but have thrived and led their institutions with unparalleled commitment and insight. Our panelists will share their experiences and strategies for steering their schools & districts through times of volatility, emphasizing the importance of inclusive leadership and culturally responsive practices. As leaders of color, they’ll share how the experiences shape their approach to tackling systemic inequities and fostering an environment where all students can succeed.

🏫Richard Chang
Current headmaster of Josiah Quincy Upper School, a Boston public pilot school (grades 6-12) providing International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Programmes for all students.
He has been serving the school for 19 years and is also the recipient of the US News & World Report “Best High Schools” Gold & Silver Medals (2015-2018) and the Washington Post “Most Challenging School” recognition (2015-2018).

🚸Wilmer ChavarriaSuperintendent of Winooski School District
Wilmer has a diverse professional background, much of which reflects our own realities and assets in the district. Immediately prior to serving as the superintendent of Winooski, he served as the Director of Equity and Education Support Systems for the Milton Town School District where he carried out in-depth assessments of systems of support for students and the creation of a robust and comprehensive framework for alignment and strengthening of systems across schools. He also championed district efforts in the creation of a system-level equity strategy, roadmap, and guiding policy to ensure long-term impact beyond isolated initiatives within the schools.

📢 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation.

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📣Introducing the International Education in South East Asia Panel, where we delve deeper into the South East Asian identity as an educator, along with the current trends and frameworks we see that schools and higher education are adopting! We will explore the strengths and gaps in the ASEAN network and uncertainties that need to be faced given the current geo-political instability around the world. A fruitful dialogue drawing upon personal experiences from our two speakers, listen in! 🎧

🏦 Teresita Cruz Del Rosario
Research Associate, Asia Research Institute, International Policy Expert, Asian Development Bank
Formerly a Visiting Associate Professor at the New York University in Abu Dhabi and also at the LKY School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr Rosario is currently affiliated with the Asia Research Institute at NUS where she is a research associate. She has a background in Sociology, Social Anthropology and Public Administration from Boston College, NYU, HKS and Harvard FAS. Currently, she is pursuing a Masters in Liberal Arts with a concentration on Literary Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.

💗Titus Yong
Dept of Strategy and Policy, National University of Singapore; Council, Singapore Kindness Movement.
Titus Yong (EdM 2003) teaches and supervises undergraduates and MBAs at the NUS Department of Strategy and Policy and is an advisor to the NUS Entrepreneurship Society. He has served as a trainer to management teams at multinational corporations such as Microsoft and Unilever, and schools across ten countries in Asia Pacific and South Asia. He has been an entrepreneur/CEO and investor to a range of educational enterprises.

📢 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation.

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📣Introducing the Resettlement Education Panel, where we’ll explore how educational systems in host countries can empower North Korean resettlers to thrive (ie integrate, heal, and lead in the North Korean refugee community). This panel examines the unique challenges and opportunities in creating pathways for academic success and personal agency, which includes navigating cultural transitions and language barriers to addressing trauma and identity.

✍🏽Casey Lartigue
Co-Founder, Freedom Speakers International (FSI)
Casey is the chairman and co-founder of Freedom Speakers International in Seoul, Korea. He is also the co-country director of Giving Tuesday Korea, lectures in public speaking at Seoul University of Foreign Studies, and is a columnist with the Korea Times. His writing has been featured in USA Today and the Washington Post, and he’s won several awards, including being named a Seoul Honorary Citizen in 2022. An author and editor, he co-wrote Greenlight to Freedom: A North Korean Daughter’s Search for Her Mother and Herself with North Korean refugee Songmi Han and co-edited Escape from North Korea, New Beginnings in South Korea: 20 North Korean Refugees Reflect on the Hanawon Resettlement Center with FSI co-founder Eunkoo Lee.

❤️‍🩹Hayoun Noh
HCI Researcher at MIT Media Lab & Yonsei University | PhD Candidate at the University of Oxford
HaYoun is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in the Human-Centered AI group at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science, co-advised by Professor Max Van Kleek (Oxford) and Professor Younah Kang (Yonsei University). She is also a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab’s Tangible Media Group and a full-time HCI researcher at Yonsei University, where she leads a government-funded research project.

📢 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation.

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📣 EdTech/Social Entrepreneurship Panel at the 2025 PACE Conference: “EdTech, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Key Trends and Opportunities”

What does it take to launch impactful education ventures in today’s fast-evolving tech landscape? Join visionary founders and leaders in a candid conversation as they explore designing with communities, navigating (AI) trends, and redefining education through innovation.

👨🏻‍💻 Ian Z. – Founder of SchoolJoy, an AI-powered education management platform to help every student feel seen and supported in their educational journey. Inspired by his own experience as an immigrant student, Ian empowers learners to pursue futures that reflect who they are and aspire to be.

👨🏻‍💻 Peter Niu – Senior product leader with 15+ years of experience launching global learning solutions across Europe, China, and the US. He has extensive experience in PreK-12 curriculum design and data-driven insights for teacher retention.

👩🏻‍💻 Dr. Yuhsien Wu – Co-founder of Veritas Education and BranchOut!, education thought leader, and a leader in the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance. She brings deep experience in education entrepreneurship, alumni engagement, and cross-sector collaboration.

📢 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation.

⌛️THREE DAYS TO THE PACE CONFERENCE! 🥳
Introducing the speaker for our fireside chat, Melissa Q Teng, who’ll be having a conversation with us on community displacement and belonging.

🏡Melissa is a public artist, designer and writer based in Boston, MA. She is the design research lead at the Design Studio for Social Intervention ( ), where the team is exploring how public spaces can be designed to welcome a sense of public life and aliveness. Her art practice often collaboratively explored community displacement and belonging, with a particular focus on housing, homelessness and prisons. Melissa was previously an artist-in-residence at the City of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Art and Culture looking at how government workers and artists can work together bravely.

🚨Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation. Sign up now through the link in our bio!

🎤 Introducing our keynote speaker, Jennifer Chang, who’ll be talking more about how her Pan-Asian identity took different shapes and forms in approaching different professional environments, including business, policy, arts and in the government.

✨Jenn Chang joined the Biden Administration in January 2021, serving as White House Liaison, Senior Advisor, and later Chief of Staff at the National Endowment for the Arts, where she advanced equity, inclusion, and civic engagement through strategic arts initiatives and grant programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to this role, she worked on the Biden-Harris Transition and spent over a decade at Google in strategy and operations, as well as managing logistics for the Hillary for America campaign. Alongside her professional career, Jenn holds a Master’s degree in viola performance from Juilliard and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies from Harvard, and has performed at prestigious venues while also contributing to music and arts organizations through board service.

🚨Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation. Sign up now through the link in our bio!

📣Introducing “Visible, Vulnerable, Vital: Reimagining Wellness through Pan-Asian Educational Practices” at the 2025 PACE Conference! Join us for an influential panel featuring global leaders shaping wellness systems through different modalities and transforming different spaces:

👩‍🏫 Cory Owen
Dean of Students, Yale-NUS College
As a lifelong learner, Dr Cory Owen is a nationally recognized educator focused on the exploration of identity development. Prior to her role as a Dean of Students in Yale-NUS, she was also the Associate Dean of Student Development at the Juilliard School.

🌱 Glen Koh
Education Associate at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute 
Working primarily with the Global Mental Health Programme, Glen plays an instrumental role in managing and coordinating the Asia Hub of the Mental Health Innovation Network. He has spent the past >7 years untangling the web of mental health and su***de prevention.

💃 Jessica Baynes
TedX speaker and Graduate student at HGSE | Founder of Healing in Motion Dance
An experienced dance artist and educator currently based in Cambridge, MA, a significant portion of Jessica’s work focuses on the use of dance for therapy, including adaptive and rehabilitative dance for geriatric populations and those with geriatric conditions.

💻 Doreen Li
Instructional Designer
Doreen is an instructional designer and recent graduate of the Learning, Design, Innovation and Technology master’s program. She brings a diverse background from early childhood education and nonprofit work.

🚨 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation. Sign up now through the link in our bio!

📣Introducing Inclusive Education Panel at the 2025 PACE Conference: What does inclusive education look like across cultures, classrooms, and communities? Join us for a powerful panel featuring global leaders shaping more equitable learning systems from the ground up:

👩‍🏫 Tabinda Mazhar
Head of Education, MENA @ Cambridge University Press & Assessment
From teacher to regional leader, Tabinda brings 23+ years of expertise in teacher development, school improvement, and educational leadership across Pakistan and the Middle East.

🌱 Richard Ingram
Inclusive Education Specialist 
A consultant for UNESCO, UNICEF & the World Bank, Richard explores how systems thinking can create meaningful change in inclusive education worldwide.

🌈 Rahajeng Amaragati Aryono 
Founder & Executive Director @ Semesta Asa Indonesia
A recognized social innovation leader empowering Indonesian youth through joyful, inclusive learning and grassroots policy engagement.

🚨 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation. Sign up now through the link in our bio!

How was your April Fool’s Day? 🤪 No tricks here—just an exciting Panelist Spotlight for our upcoming Arts & Culture Panel!

Join us as we explore “Art as Translation: Between Institutions, Cultures, and Communities” with three incredible creatives:

🎭 Echo Liu – A playwright, director, and arts educator from Beijing, Echo is the founder of Yes! And…, dedicated to fostering soft skills and expanding access to arts education for youth.

🎨 Agnes Hjalmarsson – A Korean-Swedish oil painter who delves into identity, culture, and relationships in her work. From her cozy kitchen studio, she shares her creative journey with a growing community of artists on Instagram and YouTube.

🖼️ Julie Kim – VIP Relations at Frieze, the world’s leading platform for modern and contemporary art. With a wealth of experience connecting artists and collectors, Julie brings invaluable insights into the intersection of commerce and creativity.

📢 Registration is now open! The 2025 PACE Conference is completely free and open to everyone who wants to be part of this important conversation. Sign up now through the link in our bio!

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