Ina's Volunteerism
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Ina's Lifelong Commitment to Community Volunteerism includes:
Cornell
University
Alumni
Adminissions Ambassador
Network (CAAAN)
"CAAAN
is the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network, a group of nearly
6,900 alumni volunteers who assist the Cornell
admissions community in recruiting superior undergraduate applicants. CAAAN members [contact] local candidates who have
submitted | their
application, to answer questions, provide a positive perspective on the
University, and accumulate additional information about the applicant.
Ina has helped many local High
School seniors learn about Cornell, and helped Cornell Admissions reach out to
them for three decades.
ANASAZI
FOUNDATION
"ANASAZI
is an intervention resource for parents and professionals who are reaching out
to help a child making at-risk choices. ANASAZI Foundation is a non-profit
(501c3) JCAHO-accredited and licensed behavioral healthcare provider for teens,
young adults, and their parents located in beautiful Arizona."
Ina has provided continual off- and
on-site medical, business, and executive coaching expertise to Anasazi
Foundation for two decades.
Stanford Business School Alumni-Student Mentor Program
"The Alumni Mentor Program
brings students and alumni together in a mutually beneficial partnership. It
allows current students to explore different industries, functional areas,
career paths, and personal goals; it also allows alums to play a vital role in
student life at the GSB."
Ina has donated her time for nearly a
decade mentoring Stanford Business School students, who will one day be our
nation's leaders.
RotaCare
"RotaCare
is a
nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of providing free medical care to
people who have the most need and the least access to medical services. It is a
coalition of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers,
interpreters/translators and other volunteers who provide free medical care to
the medically underserved in a collaborative effort with Rotary Clubs,
hospitals, clinics, community and social service organizations and service
groups."
Ina provided Internal Medicine
and Pulmonary (Lung) care to the needy in our community as a RotaCare volunteer.
Silicon Valley Scholars
"The Silicon Valley
Scholars Program offers scholarships to make it possible for strong math,
science, and technology students to attend highly competitive four-year colleges
and universities that they otherwise could not afford."
Ina mentored a talented,
needy Vietnamese-American young woman through High School graduation and then
College at U.C. Davis.
The Gorilla
Foundation
"The Gorilla Foundation
is a non-profit 501c3 corporation dedicated to the preservation, protection
and well-being of gorillas through interspecies communication research and
education. The foundation was established in 1976 and is best known for
it's groundbreaking work with two western lowland gorillas, Koko and MIchael,
who were taught to become fluent in American Sign Language."
Ina helped The Gorilla Foundation
for over two decades by providing scientific, medical, and business expertise.
Stanford Medical School
Adjunct Clinical Faculty
"The Adjunct Clinical Faculty (ACF) physicians [participate]
on a voluntary, part-time basis in the academic
programs of the departments,
usually in the role of teacher. ... The knowledge, experience and perspective of
the ACF and their allotment of time and effort are highly valued
assets to the
academic programs. ... Their role typically involves the teaching of Stanford
students, housestaff, postdoctoral fellows and other physicians and staff.
Ina helped Stanford medical students and their patients through her Clinical
Faculty work, and earned the rank "Clinical Professor (Emeritus)."
Lexington
School for the Deaf "The
Lexington School for the Deaf/Center for the Deaf has served the broader
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community of the
New York metropolitan area since 1864. Since its
founding as a school, Lexington has evolved to offer vital services in a range
of important areas. Lexington strives to be a
leading educational, advocacy, and social service
agency on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.".
Ina helped deaf High School
students communicate with and interact with hearing peers and taught herself the
American Sign Language alphabet.
Head
Start "Head Start [is
a] comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to
age 5, pregnant women,
and their families [with] the overall goal of increasing the school
readiness of young children in low-income families.
Ina helped underprivileged
preschool children in predominantly African-American & Hispanic communities
prepare for Kindergarten.