Student Spotlight

Victor Lee

Intern - Research & Resource Development Team

🌏 Japanese-Korean American 📍 New York / Hawai’i 🎓 Columbia University

Victor Lee is an undergraduate student from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. His environment growing up, surrounded by an immigrant family and a diverse group of friends, combined with his interests in medicine and the mind, inspires him to serve the AANHPI community.

In 2025, Victor joined Thriving Asians as a member of the Research & Resource Development Team. He researched AANHPI stressors and cultural stigma, and developed public-facing resources including the AANHPI Stressors Fact Sheet Series. He supported Youth Mental Health Leadership data collection, analysis, and impact report development.

Victor continues to his growth journey as a mental health leader - pursuing pre-medicine studies at Columbia University, and continuing to build his AANHPI community health experience


Up Next: