Workshops & Presentations

Presentations and interactive workshops can be delivered in affinity spaces, an all-school assembly, and/or during professional development meetings.

​They can be done in person or virtually.

All workshops can be adapted and customized to meet your learning outcomes.  ​
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Nora speaking at the Harvard School of Education's Professional Panel on Promoting the Success and Well-being of Asian and Asian-American Students

Examples

Pan Asian Student Voices Project
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​Through this project, we anonymously collected experiences from over 200 New England private high school students of Asian descent. Here is a sampling of some of the quotes.
How to Start a Student Affinity Group

This workshop highlights what administrators
​need to consider before offering a
Pan Asian Affinity group at their own schools. 
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Potential Workshop Topics
  • Perfectionism and Pressure: Addressing Its Impact on Pan Asian Youth
  • Challenging False Narratives: Unpacking the Model Minority Myth
  • Breaking the Silence: Addressing Mental Health Issues within Asian American Communities
  • Understanding Intergenerational Trauma: Insights from the Japanese American Experience
  • Straddling Two Worlds: Understanding the Unique Needs of Asian International Students
  • ​Fostering Unity: Strategies for Working Through Tensions Within the Pan Asian Community 
  • The Dissonance is Real: Encouraging Healthy Conversations on Race in the Pan Asian Community 
  • Living Between the Lines: Exploring the Beautiful & Challenging Complexities of Being Mixed Race

Client Testimonials

While Nora's multicultural background serves her well in connecting with and relating to all students, her truest asset is her ability to hear and appreciate other perspectives and, more importantly, to help others hear and appreciate them as well.  Her ability to ask the questions that need asking --  is uncanny.  I believe that it is this ability that has made her so successful in all aspects of her work.


          -  Hoi Ning Ngai, Dean for Academic Advising and Support at Kenyon College
Nora is an extremely thoughtful and creative professional who is a master of creating spaces for dialogue and growth. In all my years in higher education I have met very few people as talented in developing groups, organizing programs, and leading discussions aimed at bringing students, faculty and staff to understanding complex cultural and structural issues. Nora is extremely talented at making each process informative and meaningful.

          -  Rodrigo Ramirez, Assistant Dean and Advisor to Latina/o Students at Dartmouth ​
Nora has done so many great things for students at Wellesley College. Her presentation, "It's Complicated and It's Possible," generated honest discussions about social class issues and taught students how to build community with class sensitivity. Nora also helped with Wellesley's Pan-Asian Council's annual retreat. By using humor and thought-provoking questions, Nora engaged the students throughout the entire presentation and kept them entertained while helping them identify their leadership styles and community values. Lastly, Nora worked with students in Fusion, a campus organization for mixed race students. She created a safe and comfortable environment for students to open up and tackle the complexity of mixed race experiences. It has been such a pleasure to invite Nora back to Wellesley again and again. She has always delivered powerful and memorable messages that have benefited the students and community at Wellesley College.

         -  Karen Shih, Assistant Dean of Intercultural Education at Wellesley College