The Asian community has faced an immense backlack since the onset of the pandemic. We invited Dr. Karen Eng, Board Chair of National ACE, to speak about the work of their campaign #AAPIStrong.  Through #AAPIStrong, National ACE is raising funds and providing programming to help AAPI small business owners across the country survive shutdowns from the pandemic, AAPI bias, harassment, and violence. Karen is also an optometrist and CEO of a global engineering company. Since the inception of the Illinois College of Optometry 144 years ago, Karen became their first female and minority Chair of the Board of Trustees. She also reached a notable milestone with the Export Import Bank of the United States, that after 80 years, she became the first Asian American to sit on their Advisory Committee.