SIMON HUANG
Building Bridges and Forging Community, Wherever You Go
“When you talk about everybody, I am part of the everybody.”
Simon and his family during early years in Mumbai, India.
Simon hanging out with his boarding school friends.
To learn how Simon encourages the new generation of Asian American and Pacific Islanders to “be more involved”, read his special feature.
SIMON HUANG
Simon Huang grew up in an ethnically Chinese family in Bombay, India. Even though he was statistically a minority, he never felt like an outsider because he was exposed to a diversity of cultures, languages, religions, and communities throughout his life. He went to boarding school in Southern India which helped him adapt to college in Iowa and later St. Louis for computer science and business graduate studies. He carries his appreciation for multiculturalism and diversity with him to his work in Mayor Jones’ office where he is leading a project on internet equity and bridging the digital divide.