Pittsburgh Asian American Young Professional Association

Membership in PAAYPA is open to people of all ethnicities and professional fields. You don't have to be an Asian Pacific American to be a part of PAAYPA, however, because our aim is to encourage and support the APA community, PAAYPA members should have an interest in APA culture and issues!

Benefits

Socially:

Camraderie with a variety of people with whom you might not have exposure to in your own setting.
Exposure to fun places in and around Pittsburgh outside your typical realm of activities.

Professionally:

Perspective - Gain Perspective by networking with Asian American professionals from other fields to hear what is expected of them.
Connections - Build a professional network for your own personal usage that will follow you no matter where you go in the future.

Intellectually

Attunement - Become educated on issues uniquely facing Asian Americans in the workplace and in society
Confidence - in defending yourself against stereotyping and scapegoating while sharing the wonders of Asian culture

Culturally

Breadth - Learn and understand variations in Asian cultures through public events, movies, online articles and discussion offline
Pride in knowing that you associate with Asian American professionals who are also successful in fields different from your own.

Monetary

Preferred Rates on event fees up to 50% off non-membership rates, and more to come as we develop more programs..