2005-06 Scholars
COPC Community Scholars for 2005-06 were Suzy Kim and Lan Ngyuen. Both were students in the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design at UCI. Ms. Kim worked on behalf of Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County. She examined strategies for increasing the participation of Asian Americans in programs offered by NHSOC. Ms. Ngyuen worked on behalf of the MIKA Community Development Corporation in Costa Mesa. She investigated successful strategies for working with non-profit job centers to develop the job skills of “day laborers.”