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  Characterized by a shared commitment to public service, these Fellows have distinct ethnic and socio-economic perspectives, and unique interests. They have lived across the country and around the world, committed themselves to different causes and worked towards the resolution of issues facing our society today. The following is a summary of the experience they bring to Coro.
Nana Asare
Hometown: San Diego, California
As an undergraduate at DePauw University in Indiana, Nana was active in school government and various community outreach programs. In order to have a better understanding of our global community, Nana chose to travel and study abroad in Latin America, Europe and West Africa. In her continuing efforts to serve her community and utilize her bilingual abilities, she has been a volunteer counselor for at risk teens in the juvenile justice system. She has also interned at the Public Defender's office of San Diego County Dependency Section. Nana plans to continue her education and pursue a law degree.
Fernando Cázares
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Fernando immigrated from México to the United States in 1990 and he was the first member of his family to graduate from college. At Occidental College, he participated in Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MECHA), co-founded the Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC), and was President of the Central American Student Association (CASA). Fernando was involved with the "NO on 209 and 227" campaigns; he tutored elementary students and has interned with the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. and the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH). Fernando plans to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Administration at Princeton University to work toward improving the political and educational conditions of low-income immigrant and minority communities in Los Angeles.
Amy Dresser
Bruce Corwin/Metropolitan Theatres Coro Fellow
Hometown: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Amy earned her degree in international affairs with proficiency in Spanish and French from Georgetown University. After graduation Amy participated in Teach for America as a fifth grade bilingual teacher in Arizona and created a bilingual program for Greenfield School. After teaching, Amy became a director at SCORE! Educational Center in Los Angeles, where she was responsible for sales, marketing, and direct tutoring of the students. Amy hopes to bring the high standards, accountability and efficiency she witnessed in the private sector to the public sector at inner city schools.
Luis Gallardo
Hometown: Whittier, California
Luis' career experience includes working with the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia, and as a freight car inspector for Union Pacific Railroad. He pursued his education at Rio Hondo College and Claremont McKenna College. Luis was a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow (PPIA), as well as a Mayr Government Research Fellow. Luis' community involvement includes teaching Sunday school, volunteering in drug prevention programs and providing physical therapy mentoring. Luis plans to continue his graduate studies and pursue legislative positions for the state or federal government.
Cynthia Inda
Pacific Bell Coro Fellow
Hometown: Santa Barbara, California
Cynthia Inda is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University (1999). While in college she served as president of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and interned at the Heritage Foundation's Policy Review Magazine in Washington, DC. She was also student coordinator of the House and Neighborhood Development Readers Program, and received a public service grant to implement and direct a pilot family literacy program in Southern California. Most recently, Cynthia worked as a high-school teacher in a maximum-security prison for juvenile offenders. Cynthia plans to pursue a degree in law.
Loan K. Le
Edison International Coro Fellow
Hometown: Westminster, California
As an undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Loan produced a quantitative honors senior thesis focused on gauging the Latino electoral impact on California elections between 1994 and 2010. She has served as a foreign policy intern for Latin America at the Heritage Foundation, a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C.; as President of UCI's Student Alumni Council; and as a congressional intern. She graduated from UCI double magna cum laude with dual degrees in Political Science and Spanish and was recently honored as student commencement speaker for the School of Social Sciences at her graduation. Loan hopes to lead a non-profit organization that facilitates immigrant access to resources through education.
Robert Lennox
Hometown: Riverside, California
Robert graduated with a degree in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, San Diego. In preparation for a career in public service, he worked as an intern at the UCSD Cross Cultural Center where he was responsible for event planning, program organization, and department fundraising. Robert founded a diversity-training program that services faculty, staff and students on topics of race, class, gender and ethnicity in society. He has served as co-editor and writer of a multicultural newsletter and has documented issues of race in higher education as a filmmaker. Robert plans to continue his education in law and public policy.
Cynthia Liu
Hometown: Arcadia, California
As an undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine, Cynthia was a Legislative Council Representative and the Director of the Student Recommended Faculty Program. She worked for the Minority Business Development Agency in Washington, D.C., co-hosted a Chinese radio show on AM 1300, wrote for the Asia in America magazine, was a marketing manager for a beauty supply line, and directed a small ensemble of the Los Angeles Classical Chinese Orchestra. Her community efforts include promoting voter awareness, organizing exit poll activities, and producing literature in the annual voter survey report for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Cynthia has also studied classical Chinese literature, the French language and studied abroad in Japan.
Stephanie Stone
Hometown: San Pedro, California
After a 20-year career in the U.S. Navy, Stephanie returned to serve in her community. While completing her graduate thesis, she volunteered with the local VA hospital's veteran committees and boards. She was the first woman elected as chair of the Los Angeles Mayor's Veterans Advisory Committee and sits on the Los Angeles County Veterans Coordinating Council. Stephanie graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in Public Administration and a concentration in Healthcare Administration.
Mahshid Tarazi
S. Mark Taper Foundation Coro Fellow
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Mahshid graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with High Honors in Sociology and a strong emphasis in Molecular Cell Biology. She conducted her Honors Thesis on physicians' decision-making processes in working with underserved populations, entitled "Practice in Underserved Populations: Determinance of Physicians' Choices." Mahshid was involved in a number of community-based activities including helping to develop an employment program for gang members, working with disabled students and as a calculus tutor for inmates at San Quentin State Penitentiary. Her professional experience includes working with UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics and the UCLA Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Malcolm Amado Uno
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Coro Fellow
Hometown: Oakland, California
As an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Malcolm majored in American Studies with an Ethnic Studies focus. While in college, he was active in various recruitment efforts aimed at exposing under-represented high school students to the university, and worked as a pre-graduate school counselor with the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP). More recently he worked as a youth counselor in Oakland for the Asian and Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership Program (AYPAL), a coalition of six API agencies that work to develop youth leaders through community organizing. Malcolm is also a recipient of the Public Policy and International Affairs fellowship program.