Announcing Our 2022-2023 Leadership Team
The East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) is thrilled to congratulate Eisa Marie Casaclang as ECAASU’s new Executive Director and Vivian Tran as the Associate Director!
About Eisa Marie Casaclang, the Incoming Executive Director
Eisa Marie is a first-generation Filipino-American with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in addition to dual minors in public health and women / gender studies from The College of New Jersey. She will be pursuing her PhD in Community Health at the University of Illinois: Champaign-Urbana August 2022. Her research has explored the importance of social justice in education, indigenous health, and the relationship between microaggressions bystander intervention. Eisa Marie has also participated in community events and is currently serving a second term with the ECAASU and is a general body member of Malaya NJ. Through her involvement she hopes to stand in solidarity with those who champion the liberation of political prisoners and protection of human rights.
About Vivian Tran, the Incoming Associate Director
Vivian Tran is a second-generation, Chinese-Vietnamese student at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with a concentration in Health Sciences. She currently has goals to attend medical school, while also maintaining a great passion in cultural advocacy. She is currently President of Emmanuel College Asian Student Association and aims to take bigger steps towards making ASA a bigger and better organization. This will also be the second term that Vivian will serve as a part of ECAASU National Board. Aside from medicine and cultural advocacy, Vivian’s hobbies include listening to music, drawing, as well as spending quality time with friends and family. Her favorite artist is Roy Wang from China!
The Executive Director serves a two-year term and sets vision and long-term goals of the ECAASU National Board. They are also a member of the ECAASU Board of Directors and support the Conference Team to execute ECAASU’s annual conference. The Associate Director serves a one-year term and supports the Executive Director in all capacities. Together, the Executive and Associate Directors collaborate with the rest of the National Board to inspire, educate, and empower Asian/American students across the East Coast and beyond.
The 2022-2023 National Board applications are live! Visit the National Board application page for more information on the open positions and to access the application.