Gloria Yen
Gloria Yen is the Director of the New American Welcome Center at the University YMCA. Over the past 3 years, the Welcome Center has launched innovative programming in the areas of resource navigation, immigration legal services, and immigrant advocacy as it coordinates multi-sector integration planning efforts to lay a foundation for equitable access, economic opportunity, and meaningful belonging. The Center’s impact has been recognized by: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outstanding Achievement Award (2020 Champaign County), Entrepreneurial Excellence: Social Venture Award (2019 Champaign County Economic Development Corporation), and Community Impact Award (2019 Junior League of Champaign-Urbana).