Staff
gina chung
Gina Chung (Programs Director | she/her) is a Korean American writer. She is the author of the novel Sea Change (Vintage, March 28, 2023), which was a 2023 B&N Discover Pick and a New York Times Most Anticipated Book, and the short story collection Green Frog (Vintage, 2024). Most recently, she was the communications manager at PEN America. Previously, she was the production editor at the New York City Campaign Finance Board, and she has worked in publicity at Penguin Random House and editorial at Oxford University Press. A recipient of the Pushcart Prize, she is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School's Creative Writing Program and a BA in literary studies from Williams College, where she graduated cum laude.
CHRISTIE LOUIE
Christie Louie (Programs & Communications Associate | she/her) is a writer from the Bronx, New York. She holds an MFA in fiction from Arizona State University, where she taught creative writing and served as Managing Editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review, and a BA in Education Studies from Brown University, where she spent her free time interning for and volunteering with nonprofits. In 2022, Christie became a Kundiman Retreat Fellow, and she was profoundly affected by the organization’s community and support. She is excited to share that same community and support with other writers and readers of AAPI literature through her work at Kundiman.
Chaise Jones
Chaise Jones (Development & Grants Assistant | she/her) is a senior at Fordham University studying New Media & Digital Design and English with a Creative Writing concentration. Her writing explores lost cultural touchstones, girlhood, and fictionalizing urban myths. Through her work with Alpha Chi Omicron, the Poetic Justice Institute, and—now—Kundiman, Chaise seeks to nurture and support the voices of marginalized BIPOC writers and their readers.
Nereida Trujillo
Nereida Trujillo (Acting Director | she/her) has worked in administration and operations in the design & architecture space for over 10 years. She has previously held positions at Bjarke Ingels Group, Asymptote Architecture, and Leyden Lewis Design Studio. She is excited to bring her experience to the nonprofit sector with an organization that supports poets and amplifies Asian American voices. Nereida has a BFA in Ceramics from The Ohio State University and continues her ceramic practice at her studio in Ohio.