Interim Head of Communications and External Affairs

Hong Mei is serving as the Interim Head of Communications and External Affairs at San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), where she leads the District's communications and government affairs. 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.  

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

Hong Mei is serving as SFUSD's ex-officio representative on KALW Public Media's Board of Directors. She holds a degree in Urban Studies from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School.