May Chen

陳十美 May Chen, Editor-In-Chief

‧President of American East Asian Culture & Education Foundation

‧Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Southern California Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Literature and History

‧President of North America Chinese Writers' Association, Los Angeles

‧Principal of Sunshine Education Center

‧Publisher of So Cal Chinse Community, 1980-1989

‧Founded Huaxing Academy and Sunshine Education Center in 1987

May Chen has resided in the United States for over three decades, during which she has spared no effort in engaging herself in a wide spectrum of activities promoting Chinese culture and civilization. She has dedicated her entire adult life to educate others about China’s cultural heritage.

◆南加華人文史保存基金會（Southern California Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Literature and History）

The Foundation was established on January 20, 2013. Its purpose was to continue the effort of American East Asian Culture and Education Center to bring to conclusion the publication of A Legacy Magnified: A Generation of Chinese American in Southern California, 1980’s-2010’s with additional expertise. It is our hope to continue to document the successes and accomplishments achieved by Chinese Americans in the Southland during that past three decades. Founding members of the Board of Directors included Michael G. Cheung, Karen Chen, Paul Shao-Han Sher, Evans Y. Lam, Jin-jen Lee, Grace Hu, Sandy Ho, David H. Ma, Cathy Kit-yee Choi, Frances Wang, William S. Chin, Shiyun Chung, and honorary members such as Huibao Xu, Karen Kuo-Limb, Ming Bin Kuo, Joseph Y. Hsu, Ellen Fu, Leo Chu, Richard Y. Koo, Tung Wang, Matthew Yuan-Ching Lin, and Tom Tsong-ming Liaw, all leaders of various community organizations and associations. They each rendered significant service and support. The roles of the Board members are rotated annually. The current members are: Evans Y. Lam (President), May Chen (Chief Executive Officer), Karen Chen (VP), Michael G. Cheung (VP), Paul Shao-Han Sher (Treasurer), Shiyun Chung (Secretary), Sandy Ho (PR), William S. Chin (PR), and San-pao Li, Jin-jen Lee, Yunding Li, Jinping Duan, Cathy Kit-yee Choi, Frances Wang, Grace Hu, Suellen Cheng, and Karen Kuo-Limb.

◆American East Asian Culture and Education Foundation

AEACEF was established on 1989. Its purpose was to promote cultural and educational exchange between the United States and Southeast Asia. In 2005 it launched a project for the study of Chinese medical theory and meridian pathways. This project successfully combined the scientific and scholarly findings made by quantum physicist Dr. Shui Yin Lo and other researchers at various institutions of higher learning in Southern California. Consequently, solid “double helix water” was discovered at constant temperature and under constant pressure. In 2009 May Chen, President of the AEACEF and publisher of So-Cal Chinese Community News, called upon all the Chinese Americans who had immigrated to Southern California since 1980 to join their effort and produce a veritable record of their perseverance and fully document their contributions to the development of Southern California. The availability of the English edition of this work is imperative, as it will allow our posterity to understand what went before their own time.