April
Photo by Neha Balachandran
Events and Logistics Coordinator
April is the Events and Logistics Coordinator at AAPD. In this role, April works with the Summer Internship Program, Fall Internship Program, Alumni Network, NBCUniversal Tony Coehlo Media Scholarship, Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leaders Award, Fannie Lou Hamer Leadership Program, REV UP Voting Campaign, Technology Forum, Start Access and We Will Ride. Among other responsibilities, April coordinates access services, edits video content and has a passion for catering food that is both accessible and tasty.
April is a veteran of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, where she is honored to have run Operation Diaper Dandy with their Enlisted Council and have been a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator liaison for non-prior service students. April is also a graduate of the Schreyer Honors College through Penn State Harrisburg, where they poured their heart into co-running the WE cARE Food Pantry, interning at the library and having weekly Mental Health Phở at their favorite Vietnamese restaurant.
April loves coordinating events in her sapphic Asian community, coworking with her April’s Fools group chat, taking Tagalog lessons with Tagalog Kids+, carrying their dog through every dog-friendly independent bookstore, identifying native (and invasive!) plants and being tita/auntie to 14 niblings.