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Angie has been working in the affordable housing and community development field since 2004. Previously serving as ACDC's Director of Real Estate, Angie oversaw the asset management of ACDC’s portfolio of 300+ units, and was responsible for developing a pipeline of new projects for ACDC.  She has worked as a consultant and project manager in Seattle and Philadelphia assisting nonprofits in providing safe and affordable housing. She has served as the project lead on over $95 million worth of projects. Angie received a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Community Development.  She received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Christine has over 10 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, with a focus on serving new immigrant communities. Her management experience includes youth development, volunteer engagement, event planning, and strategic planning. At ACDC, she oversees fundraising and communications and enjoys connecting with residents and community partners. Prior to joining ACDC, Christine was the Senior Communications Associate at Eastern Bank. Originally from Houston, Texas, Christine earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas. She is bilingual in Vietnamese and English.

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Reina Matsumoto (she/her) was born and raised in the Greater Boston Area. She received her B.A. at Tufts University, where she studied American Studies, English and Asian American Studies. At Tufts, Reina organized around Asian and Asian American student issues. Her work included a campaign for ethnic studies and creating a political education curriculum for new Asian American students. Through these experiences, Reina became involved with several grassroots community organizations in Boston, particularly in Chinatown. Reina first joined ACDC as the Youth Programs Assistant in 2023, helping facilitate ACDC’s Summer Leadership Academy.

Email Cindy

Before joining ACDC, Cindy was involved with a nonprofit to empower the next generation of Vietnamese leaders in New England. She has organized multiple conferences for attendees to build connections and improve their leadership skills. Cindy also organized campaigns to support and assist North American Vietnamese nonprofits and philanthropic organizations to better achieve their mission through collective and collaborative partnerships, events, and community building. Cindy graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor's in Bilingual Education, focusing on ESL programming. She is bilingual in Vietnamese and English.

Email Celina

Celina joined ACDC in 2019 as a Youth Programs Associate leading the Tier 2 A-VOYCE program in Chinatown. Having moved to Boston from the Bay Area, she graduated from Simmons University receiving a B.A in Sociology, with a focus on critical race theory. While in college, Celina became actively involved with a number of Boston based organizations focused on Asian American identity development and community building; largely shaping her passion for youth work and belief in young people as advocates of change.

Email Alice

As a Housing Counselor, Alice brings her multilingual skills and passion for working in the community. She is excited to contribute her optimistic and enterprising attitude and personal experience of overcoming challenges to the Building Blocks program and ACDC’s constituents. As a Building Blocks graduate, Alice wanted to get involved with the same programs that benefitted her to help other working-class and immigrant households become financially stable. Alice received her Bachelor’s Degree from Urban College in childhood development. Before joining ACDC, she worked at a bilingual Montessori school as a teacher. Alice is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.

Email Jenny

Jenny Huang is the Director of Community Design & Planning, a role in which she oversees ACDC's creative placekeeping, youth & resident leadership development, and open space work. Jenny is a second-generation Chinese American who is energized by efforts to build immigrant/working-class power and work towards longterm spatial justice. Originally from Indiana, Jenny received a B.S./B.A. from Indiana University, an M. Phil from the University of Oxford, and is a doctoral candidate in political theory at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining ACDC, she was a civic engagement practitioner in Chicago and worked on social policy in South Bend. Jenny is a heritage Mandarin speaker.

Email Emma

Emma (she/they) is the Youth Programs lead for the Malden A-VOYCE program. They grew up on Lisjan Ohlone Land, colonially known as the East Bay, CA. She majored in Cognitive/Brain Sciences and American Studies with a focus in Asian American Studies at Tufts University. Through their time in Boston, they’ve become deeply grounded in their political Asian American community. Prior to joining ACDC, Emma did youth work in Japan, San Francisco Japantown, as well as work in union organizing and housing justice in the greater Boston area.

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Email Billy

Billy is the Real Estate Project Manager working on developing and maintaining ACDC’s real estate portfolio in the Greater Boston Area. Before joining ACDC in 2022, he worked as a Development Associate at Beacon Communities LLC, where he also pursued the development of affordable housing throughout the New England region. Billy graduated from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management Honors Program with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Information Systems and is an alumnus of ACDC’s A-VOYCE youth program. He speaks English and Cantonese.

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Email Rebecca

Rebecca (she/they) was born in Taiwan, she came to the US for college. At Wellesley College, Rebecca led a successful campaign to instate a tenure-track line in Asian American Studies (AAS) - continuing the #FightForAAS that first started decades ago. They are passionate about harnessing people-power and institutional resources to strengthen the community. Prior to joining ACDC, she was at a digital fundraising nonprofit located in Somerville, MA. They are bilingual in English and Mandarin, and is working on her Taiwanese.

Email Meika

As the 2023-2024 Massachusetts Promise Fellow (an AmeriCorps program), Meika will be working with the high school-aged youth in A-VOYCE, ACDC’s youth leadership program. Born in Guangzhou, China, she was adopted in 2002, and then moved to Burlington, Vermont. Meika earned her B.S. from the University of Vermont with a B.S. in neuroscience and a minor in pharmacology. She looks forward to being part of the Chinatown community and exploring Chinese culture, as well as getting to know Malden, where she moved after graduating.

Email Angela

Angela was born and raised in Boston’s Chinatown and is a longtime resident. Before joining as a staff member, Angela was a resident leader in several of ACDC’s community programs to promote equality, justice, housing stability, and community safety.

As the Community Building Associate, Angela leverages her rich history and understanding of Chinatown to mobilize and engage her neighbors and residents across Greater Boston to advocate for the community. She came from a family of community activists and was raised by working-class parents who were small business owners in Chinatown. Angela considers the founding members of ACDC among her role models.

Email Julia

Julia joined ACDC in 2021 as a Housing Counselor for Building Blocks – Homebuying program. Building Blocks provides low-income families and Asian immigrant communities in Greater Boston with financial literacy and first-time homebuyer education, individual counseling, and a matched savings program. She brings more than 10 years of experience in marketing, customer service and commercial loan management. Julia earned her Master of Science from Boston University in 2016.  She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.