Malcolm Amado Uno

   Malcolm Amado Uno is currently the Executive Director with the
   Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO.  Prior
   to joining APALA, Amado worked with Asian Pacific Islander American
   Vote (APIAVote), an organization dedicated to increasing the civic
   engagement of Asian Pacific Americans (APA), where he implemented
   their national voter mobilization program.  Prior to relocating to
   Washington D.C., Amado worked for Preschool California, part of a
   statewide campaign working to achieve universal preschool. 

After completing his undergraduate degree from U.C. Santa Cruz, Amado worked as a youth counselor with the Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL) project, a collaboration of six community-based organizations designed to empower and train the next generation of APA leaders. 

Amado is a recipient of the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship and the Coro Fellowship and received his graduate degree in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.