Ngo, who received her bachelor’s degree in psychology, was recently selected as an Assembly Fellow as part of the 2018-2019 class of Capital Fellows, a program administered by the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento.
As an undergraduate student, Ngo completed an internship with the Center for Asian Americans United for Self-Empowerment Leadership Academy, a program founded to create a pipeline of leadership for the Asian Pacific American community. Throughout the program, the interns had the opportunity to meet with community leaders and discuss the issues that were important to them.
“Growing up, this lack of representation in both the media and education definitely contributed to the confusion I had about my identity as an Asian American. Early in the Leadership Academy, I had a discussion with one of the CAUSE staff members about how important it is to introduce more diverse history early on and from the actual perspective of these minority groups,” Ngo wrote in a blog post.
Today, Ngo is working in the office of Assembly Member Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., who oversees California’s 59th District and includes the neighborhoods of South Los Angeles, Florence-Firestone, Walnut Park, and a portion of Huntington Park.
When she successfully complete the program, Ngo will earn a Capital Fellows Graduate Certificate in Applied Policy and Government and receive six graduate units.
The 11-month fellowship provides college graduates with an introduction to policy formation and adoption in the California Legislature through full-time work as a professional legislative staff member.
