soca mao, the juvenile justice prevention commissioner. and steve no.vements are detailed in your program. all three are very deserving of this award, and the judges have had a hard time selecting just one winner. the recipient of the 2012 apa heritage award it is emelin. if you could please join us on stage? she is the project director of the asian-american communities for education program, administered by the japanese community youth council. she is an immigrant from the philippines. she is a first-generation college graduate of uc- berkeley, and went on to receive a master's degree in counseling at san francisco state. she has really taken the asian- american community program and expanded it to four locations. the professional affiliations include member of the western association of administration personnel, where she is a board member, the selection committee for the uc berkeley incentive awards program, and advisory board member for the san francisco chapter of the young nonprofit professionals network. [applause] it is an extended break a famil