If you are an Asian American age 10-29, please take this survey to aid in the understanding of mental health of young Asian Americans for the development of policies and health programs.

How are you doing, this 2021?  If you ask me, it's been a lot - we're still in the middle of the pandemic, dealing with many of the same debates that were happening a year and a half ago, and our community has been in the news due to the anti-Asian hate that has felt rampant.

Education and policies can have a huge impact in how these crises are addressed, and to motivate change in these areas, there's a team of researchers behind the Young Asian American Health Survey who are collecting data to better understand the impact of these events on our mental health. We have James Huynh and Emily Cho from the team joining us to share:

• the historical context behind the connection of COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate
• how Asian American youth are particularly left out of the conversation
• the pre-existing data motivating research, as well as preliminary findings from YAAHS

So now, we invite you, if you are a young Asian American, especially those younger than 18 and not from the West Coast, to take part of this important survey which will inform policies and education in the (hopefully) near future!

More about the Young Asian American Health Survey
We are a group of scientists and professionals concerned about the well-being of Asian American adolescents and youth amid rising anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Driven to support our community, we came together to amplify the voices of young Asian Americans through data and evidence.
⟡ Website: https://www.yaahsteam.org/

James Huỳnh (he/him/his) grew up in desert-turned-suburbia Fontana, CA and is the son of Vietnamese refugees from Huế, Việt Nam. James is a PhD student in Community Health Sciences at UCLA. His scholarly and activist commitments are to dismantling racial capitalism and to centering queer Asian/American well-being, kinship-making practices, and grassroots organizing. Outside of academia, James is the Board Chair for Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC), a grassroots organization that builds community and mobilizes intergenerationally with LGBTQ+ Vietnamese Americans and their loved ones through research, education, and advocacy.
⟡ Twitter: @semajaime

Emily Cho (she/her/hers) is a Seoul-born Third Culture Kid who grew up bouncing between 5 different countries. Based in New York, she is the Research Communications and Uptake Coordinator at Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center, where she translates research into actionable, evidence-based solutions to improve the lives of girls around the world. Building on her interest in international relations and development from a young age, she has also worked in the United Nations system and international food policy.
⟡ Twitter: @msemilycho

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