From the Philippines to the Executive Director’s Chair — One Yes at a Time
What does it look like to build a life of service when you never had a master plan — just a thread you kept following?
Rejie grew up on a farm in the Philippines, raised by grandparents who modeled community stewardship before she had a word for it. She came to the US in her early 20s with plans to teach, found her way into domestic violence advocacy instead, and eventually became the executive director of Asian Resources Inc — a Sacramento nonprofit that has been serving refugee, immigrant, and low-income communities for over 46 years.
She didn’t plan any of it. She just kept saying yes to…
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