Sokthea Phay
Sokthea Phay is an equity and inclusion practitioner at the YMCA of Greater Long Beach with over 14 years of international experience in program management, social inclusion and equity, and youth development. Sokthea has worked for the YMCA for 14 years, including in Cambodia and Zambia, and 9 years as Community Operations Director at the Community Development YMCA of Greater Long Beach. Sokthea leads the New American Welcome Center Program and supports all programs at this YMCA to create local frameworks on welcoming, belonging, equity, and inclusion. Sokthea is the founder of the YMCA’s Week of Equity. He has worked with many receiving communities and established many local immigrant/newcomer integration efforts to serve undocumented youth and refugee communities. Sokthea immigrated to the U.S from Cambodia in 2013. In 2019, Sokthea was appointed as the U.S Representative of the World Alliance of YMCAs United Nations Advocacy Group. Sokthea is currently attending a Master’s Degree Program, majoring in Nonprofit Leadership and Management at Antioch University. Sokthea has a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English from Norton University.