Event

Join us for a panel discussion on career and volunteer pathways to our local Philadelphia community nonprofits.

Learn from this panel about their career paths and way you can get involved!

Coming Home panelists will discuss the different careers that brought them to today's impactful work.

Moderator: Mohan Seshadri, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)

Panelists:

Nirav Sanghani, Board Chair, API PA; State Advisor, Movement Voter Project 

Sophia Liston, Admin Coordinator, API PA 

Oliver Truong, Board Treasurer, API PA; Co-Executive Director, Lead PA

Annie Lo, Skadden Fellow, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Mohan Seshadri (they/he) is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance. He is currently serving as the co-chair of the Asian American Power Network. Previously, Mohan managed electoral and organizing programs for Planned Parenthood across Central and Eastern Pennsylvania. From 2019-2020, they served as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. He co-founded multiple community and campus organizing programs across Pennsylvania including the Philadelphia chapter of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, the Lehigh Valley chapter of DSA, and the AAPI PA Power Caucus. In 2018, they were honored to receive Ressurected Life Community Church’s Urban Angel Award. In 2021, they were featured on the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics & Public Affairs 40 under 40 list.