Thank you's!
This page is meant to recognize all the people and institutions that have supported me in my journey of life. I am deeply grateful for each of you, and all the people who I didn't explicitly name.
This page is inspired by my friend Ryan Z.'s gratitude page – super lit thing to do! There's no particular order, though it's alphabetical at points.
The biggest thank you is to my mami, who has been my day one. Thank you for all your unconditional love and support, and making me the most joyous and healthy version of myself. You are the best anyone can ask for. Also, not only are you so cute, and you even gave me a cute face too haha.
Childhood
Quincy Housing Authority
Quincy Public Libraries
Uncle Barry & Seed Music and Arts Center
Brothers and sisters at CBCGB
High School
Marietta L. (you are my dearest grandma friend. you are my fashion icon too)
Ryan Z. (I still joke about how I begun my interest and career in AI because of my frivolous crush on you back then haha)
Danny H.
Tainá G.
Theresa F.
Shaktii M. (you've given me great hope & resilience in organizing)
Andrea O.
Rachel C.
Sanda B.
Rachel E. (you are the person who taught me how to make awesome websites, it's one of those things I grow to love more and more)
Horatio Algers Association (especially Kim H. & Erica L.)
Civic Unplugged (y'all gave me my first experience on a plane (in over a decade, and letting me connect with my family in Texas) and amtrak.)
GripTape (thank you for making youths' dreams come true. Also y'all even helped me go camping with my family!)
YAYA Network (thank you for being the place I'd consider as my first political home)
Garden of Hope (Ms Yang, Eunice, Crystal)
CEYE Mount Sinai
GenSpace
Global Kids
Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
18 ByVote
#DegreesNYC
YVote
Youth Agenda
Dignity in Schools
Civic Engagement Commission
Brooklyn Public Library
Brothers and sisters at OCM CCM (thank you for blessing me with the first community I've felt in my life. The generosity and kindness of the people here inspires me for the rest of my life)
College
Julián P.
Alfred G. (you are also cool and awesome, the type of person I aspire to be as I grow older)
Moeko F.
Kristen E.
Yoehan O.
Daniel K.
Ben G.
Joanna C.
Elizabeth D.
Benjamin S.
Lynda P. (kindred spirits! without you, who knows when I'd figure out my ADHD)
Paul K. (thank you and your wife for opening up your home to me, I most enjoyed the dinner)
K. R. (not ready to name, but you had quite a remarkable impact on me. Don't be a stranger in the future! Hope you are as awesome as ever)
Davenport College
Yale Jackson School
Yale Institute for Social and Policy Studies
First-Year Scholars at Yale
Friends at OuterCoast
BetaNYC
GoPassport Education
TRAILs (Farnaz Z., Vaishnav K.)
American Enterprise Institute (Christine R., Olivia F.)
Obama Foundation
More to come!
Biggest shoutouts to all of my friends. I promise to show more love to my truest friends, old and new.
Tony, thank you for being the amazing you, and my favorite person, and giving me the chance to live out my heart's deepest hopes and desires. Excited to live out my days with you <3
Thank you everyone ever.
With lots of love, Tina