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The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is the only multi-issue, progressive, community organizing and policy advocacy organization for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls in the United States. NAPAWF’s mission is to build collective power so that all AAPI women and girls can have full agency over their lives, their families, and their communities. Sung Yeon is a fierce advocate for worker rights, immigrant rights, and affordable health care access, including reproductive health care and economic justice, especially at the intersection of these issues and gender justice. She is a respected thought leader providing perspective on the Asian American community through various public conversations on issues of race and gender. Sung Yeon has been featured in numerous outlets including NPR, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, USA Today, Chicago Sun Times, and The Hill. Sung Yeon is a first-generation immigrant working mom who is passionate about empowering others and creating change so her daughter can live in a more just world than the one she inherited. She is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA).