Yin Ling Leung is cofounder and Chair of Applied Research Work, Inc. a health information technology company working to transform US health care toward health equity, prevention and value-based care. Her life’s work has spanned organizing for better working conditions for immigrant workers, preventing toxic exposure for communities of color, reproductive health & justice and advocating for democratic philanthropy.
Leung held key leadership roles at Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and Asians and Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health and was one of the founding sisters and a Director of Organizing for the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.
Leung has served as a strategist with the New World Foundation, Ford Foundation, Social Justice Fund Northwest, Women’s Funding Alliance, Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, and the Ms. Foundation for Women.
Leung spent her childhood in Hawai’i and is a graduate of Oberlin College and Stanford University. Leung’s family life and communities include Kolkata, India, Hawai’i Island, SF Bay Area and most recently the Puget Sound.
