joining me now su chung, executive director of asian lead and janet land is program lead luminous. welcome to viewpoint. >> thank you for having us. >> like to start with you. last week an unprecedented event in washington. nearly 2,000 government officials and community leaders gathered at george washington university for first white house summit on pacific islanders. yours is a growing voice. >> a growing population. a lot of efforts to grow into the population and white house is part of that giving asian americans a voice in our country and feature unique tal enand skill sets our community is bringing for. >> an how about here in the washington community? >> i grew up in a low in come area in washington, d.c. my family came here when i was six years old. we struggled. we fought all the challenges. growing up i wished there was a program like asian-american youth to help other kids not have the same struggles i did. i've seen a huge difference. i've seen the young people we help. they are just growing and have a better understanding of their identity and also taking a lot of lead