Staff Members

Animesh Joshi is a senior at Valley High School in West Des Moines. He speaks fluent Hindi and some Kuomani. Animesh is passionate about advocacy … Read More

Audri Lu-Uhlken is the youth violence prevention coordinator at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual … Read More

Chyna Kavan is the Underserved Communities Project Coordinator at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity. She was born and raised in Des Moines, IA and … Read More

Connor Liu is a senior at Valley High School in Des Moines. He identifies as Chinese-American and can fluently speak Mandarin. He was born and … Read More

Deanna Kwon is a multilingual advocate at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, … Read More

Delphi is a multilingual advocate at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Asian … Read More

Ebtehal Alzakrooty is an advocate and Program Coordinator at SAFI (Support for Arab Families in Iowa), a program under Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity … Read More

Hieu Pham is the sexual assault services coordinator at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual … Read More

Lata D’Mello is the assistant director of Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in … Read More

Lena Sylalom is a multilingual advocate at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity. Lena comes from the Lao community. She has served as a … Read More

Mira Yusef is the executive director of Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in … Read More

Rose Annie Gay is the program assistant at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity.  She was born and raised in the Philippines, moved to … Read More

Soe Moe is a multilingual advocate at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in … Read More

Tara Gurung is a multilingual advocate at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in … Read More

Usicha Marchant is the financial manager at Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, an organization serving victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in … Read More