STATEMENT: Executive Director & Co-Founder of Asian Texans for Justice, Lily Trieu awarded Austin Under 40’s 2024 Winner for Civics, Government, & Public Affairs Category
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 3, 2024
Contact: Christina Hahn
christina@asiantexansforjustice.org
On June 2nd, 2024, Austin Under 40 awarded Lily Trieu, Executive Director of Asian Texans for Justice as the Winner of the Civics, Government, & Public Affairs Category.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Executive Director and Co-Founder of Asian Texans for Justice, Lily Trieu was awarded Austin Under 40’s 2024 Winner for Civis, Government, & Public Affairs Category on June 2nd, 2024.
Austin Under 40 (AU40) is a renowned fundraising event that has recognized and amplified meaningful changemakers and emerging professionals in the Austin community for twenty five years. Austinites are recognized from eighteen categories across industries. Lily Trieu was awarded from a strong cohort of fellow finalists: Brittany Sharkey, Jackie Quintero Sekiguchi, Joel Gross, and Kelsey Erickson Streufert in the Civics, Government, and Public Affairs Category.
“I want to express deep love and gratitude for my co-founder Ashley Cheng, board member Sarah Xiyi Chen, and the entire team at Asian Texans for Justice for supporting and working alongside me in an often difficult and antagonistic environment. Doing government and public affairs work in Texas is one of the hardest challenges I’ll have the privilege of facing, but none of my accomplishments are possible without this amazing team.”
- Lily Trieu, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Asian Texans for Justice
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