Lihuan Lai (she/her), born in Southern China, is fortunate enough to become a Summer Search student and Posse scholar, supporting her to become a first generation high school and college graduate, and establish herself as a mission-driven leader. Lihuan's career is grounded in creating a more equitable and just world through equal access to education, for adult immigrants, for racially and socio-economically diverse students, and international students. In the past 4 years, Lihuan has been putting her MS in Nonprofit Development into practice focusing on operations, finance and strategy in smaller nonprofit organizations in the Boston area. Prior, Lihuan traveled to 40 countries working in international admissions at Bentley University and Fordham University. Her work experience also includes chapters at the Asian University For Women in Chittagong Bangladesh, at the Asian American Civic Association, and as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Commonwealth School.

In her free time, Lihuan loves to practice yoga asana, bike, find social dancing spots (bachata, salsa, zouk), and aim to be a plant doctor to her vegetable garden and fruit trees.