Professional Genealogical Activities & Accomplishments:

2020-present, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild – Board Trustee

2001-present, Volunteer at the National Archives-Seattle Branch, indexing data from the Chinese Exclusion Act case files 

2015-2018, The BCG Education Fund – Trustee

2016, Archivist’s Award for Outstanding Achievement – United States National Archives

2012, XYZ Project for MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA) was installed at MOHAI 

2011, MOHAI Volunteer of 2011 – Public History (Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA)

2005-2010 (3 terms) Director, Association of Professional Genealogists, Region 1 – West

March 2009, Program Chair, “Meet Me at the Fair: Exploring the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition,” Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Conference, Seattle, WA

2008-09, Recipient of 4Culture grant to research and publish an article on the Chinese participation at the A-Y-P Exposition 

2002, A founding member of PS-APG (Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists), Programs Co-Chair 2002-2003; President, 2003-2006

Member of numerous national and local genealogical and historical societies