Head of Communications and External Affairs

Hong Mei serves as the Head of Communications and External Affairs at San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Prior to joining SFUSD, she was the Director of Advocacy at Chinese for Affirmative Action where she led the organization's local advocacy agenda on civil and immigrant rights issues. She was commended by the San Francisco Board of Supervisor during Women's History Month in 2020 for her community leadership. 

Hong Mei's background is in community organizing. She spearheaded youth organizing projects at nationally renowned Asian American civil rights organizations in the SF Bay Area and New York City on immigration reform.

Hong Mei is a first-generation immigrant from Singapore, and is proud to have attended public high school after immigrating to the US. She is the first to attend and graduate from college in her family. She holds a Bachelors of Arts from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School.

Email pangh@sfusd.edu.