MAE Executive Board

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    Karin Mei Butler (she/her) - President

    Dedicated to building community through connection and celebration. Raising our family in Edmonds and owner/CEO of Hunniwater.

    Favorite Ethnic Food:
    Congee specialist.

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    Lina Luu (she/her) - Vice President

    First generation Vietnamese/Chinese American. Making coffee and slinging beers in Edmonds while working on setting up a small violin repair shop.

    Favorite Ethnic Food:
    My mom says I’m of the “noodle religion” I love any and all kinds of noodles, especially of all Asian countries.

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    Diana Fuentes (she/her) - Treasurer

    Dad Chinese immigrant, mom 5th generation Los Angeles. Landed in Edmonds after 8 years in S. America, working for the State Dept. Now all the volunteering and side hustles.

    Favorite Ethnic Food:
    dim sum and sushi.

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    Gracelynn Shibayama (she/her) - Secretary

    Brings joy and a sense of community with her wherever she goes. Graduate of Snohomish County Leadership and creator of connection.

    Favorite Ethnic Food:
    Stay Tuned!

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    Steven Ono (he/him) - Trustee

    Edmonds resident, but is originally from Kahalu’u, O’ahu, Hawai’i. He is a fourth generation Japanese American who wanted to make sure that authentic Hawai’ian poke was represented here on the mainland.

    Favorite Ethnic Food:
    He can eat noodles all day any day.

  • Nikki Glaros (she/her) - Trustee

    Fourth generation Japanese American and Ukrainian Canadian/American. Grew up in Southern California, happy to have been able to raise my kids in Edmonds for the past dozen years and be active in our growing community.

    Favorites Ethnic Foods:
    are japchae, pad see ew and all the tofu except the stinky kind.

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    Jasmine Butler (she/they) - Student Advisor

    Leader of Queer Trans Students of Color group and tech help extraordinaire. Makes awesome video games and likes to run wherever she goes.

    Favorite ethnic food:
    perfecting my own sesame ball recipe

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    Reikke Fuentes - Student Advisor

    Bolivian, Chinese, Scandinavian, and an ambitious student athlete who works at a Poke shop.

    Favorite Ethnic Food:
    can’t go wrong with some shumai or my grandma’s empanadas.