Lan Nguyen, Associate

Lan Nguyen works with the NoVo Foundation.

Lan Nguyen is the program associate for Move to End Violence, a project of the NoVo Foundation. Move to End Violence is a 10-year capacity building initiative designed to support the movement to end violence against women and girls.

Lan previously worked at OCA, a national Asian Pacific American organization, on public policy, communication, and membership, including a national census campaign with OCA chapters to engage underrepresented communities. Prior to working at OCA, Lan served as a New Leaders Fellow through the Center for Progressive Leadership and as fellow with the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. During her fellowships, Lan worked at the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum on healthcare and immigration issues from a race and gender perspective and contributed to advocacy for immigrant rights at the Asian American Justice Center. In addition, as a recipient of the Tom Gerety Fellowship for Action, Lan worked at an orphanage for physically and mentally disabled children in Saigon, Viet Nam. She has also studied in Copenhagen with the Denmark International Study “Minorities and Multiculturalism” program.

Lan received her B.A. in Cognitive Neuroscience with a minor in Asian American Studies from Amherst College. While at Amherst, she helped found the Five-College Pan Asian Network (5PAN), an intercollegiate APA organization seeking to raise awareness and mobilize students around social justice issues including on-campus hate crimes, immigrant rights, and educational disparity.

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