Somebody's Hero: Hannah Do of SEAMAAC

Posted by Catherine Stifter  November 15, 2009

http://www.southphillyreview.com/view_article.php?id=8950

“During the time working at SEAMAAC, I am excited and proud to be a SEAMAAC employee,” Do said of her job as an outreach worker for the South East Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition at 1711 S. Broad St. “I am really enjoying my job because most of my clients, they are refugees and immigrants and I understood what they faced with language barriers and they faced a lot of hardship, too.”

Do’s 13-year commitment to SEAMAAC’s Refugee Program, as well as her teaching of hepatitis B and HIV awareness workshops, earned her recognition at Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative at an Oct. 27 ceremony.

“I spend my time to provide the services to my community to help the community members be stronger and stand up for themselves.

“In my mind the community should always come first. I’m not a perfect person, I just try to do my job as best as I can.”

Read more about the work of Hannah Do and Our Stories, Our Health.

Tags: hero, volunteer
Topics: Awards, Civic Life, Immigrants, Work