Jim & Julie Lin Graduate and Professional School Student Conference Travel Support Fund
The Jim & Julie Lin Graduate and Professional School Student Travel Support Fund supports a graduate or professional school student to travel to a conference and present their work in a way that increases the visibility of APIMEDA people and issues that face our communities.
Graduate students often need to travel to conferences or meetings to publicize their work. Sharing their scholarship at a conference can be the catalyst that leads to obtaining a job. Graduate programs often aren’t able to provide to all of their students funding for travel. Traveling to a conference can be expensive, with registration, hotel, air travel, and meals.
If you would like to contribute to the Jim & Julie Lin Graduate and Professional School Student Conference Travel Support Fund, you can make a tax-deductible donation online by visiting our secure and convenient online giving website.
We encourage you to learn more about current and past winners below.
2024 Recipient
Phoebe Valdes - Ph.D Candidate in Bioengineering
Research Topic: Human neuron and brain modeling of different forms of Alzheimer's disease
Presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024 in Philadelphia, PA on July 30, 2024.
Phoebe shared that sharing her Filipino-American heritage and familial connections with Alzheimer's disease allowed her to find ways to give back to the community through mentorship and guidance for individuals who experienced similar challenges in pursuing engineering. Her research findings also help add to the field of knowledge to expand understanding of how Alzheimer's disease impacts different ethnic populations, especially those in the Filipino American community.
2025 Recipient
Amira Noeuv - Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnic Studies
Research Topic: Shifting from Deficit Models Towards a Community Responsive and Cultural Wealth Teaching Pedagogy
Presenting at the Cambodian American Studies Conference in Stockton, CA.
Amira Noeuv is a doctoral candidate in ethnic studies at UC San Diego. She graduated with a master’s degree in ethics, peace and global affairs from American University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC San Diego. Her research interests include transgenerational trauma healing; Cambodian American Studies; critical refugee studies; decolonizing global/public mental health; and critical environmental justice. She has taught ethnic studies courses at UC San Diego and Saddleback College, and Asian American studies at San Diego State University. She was also a program associate with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, a United States Institute of Peace research assistant, and an event coordinator with UCSD CALIT2 Qualcomm Institute.