Belmont Celebrates AAPI Heritage (https://www.belmontcelebratesaapiheritage.org/) proudly presents the speaker series to celebrate the AAPI Heritage Month this May.

Light refreshments will be served.

Speaker Bio: Originally from Penang, Malaysia, Kwan Kew Lai attended Wellesley College on a full scholarship, paving the way for her to become a doctor. In 2005, she left her position as a professor of medicine to dedicate time to humanitarian work: in HIV/AIDS in Africa and to provide disaster relief all over the world, during wars, famine, and natural disasters, including the Ebola outbreak, the Syrian, Rohingya refugee crises, Yemen, and the COVID-19 pandemic in New York and the Navajo Nation. She is a three-time recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Her work has appeared in Science Speaks, MedPage Today, Balloon Literary Journal, Literally Stories, Vine Leave Press, and others. She is the author of Lest We Forget: A Doctor’s Experience with Life and Death During the Ebola Outbreak, Into Africa, Out of Academia: A Doctor’s Memoir, and The Girl Who Taught Herself to Fly. She lives in Belmont.