When I wrote the business plan for One Degree in 2010, I was a young, fresh-faced, 29 year-old, ready to take on the world. I didn’t fully understand what it would mean for me to actually be working on One Degree for a decade. …

Imagínese perder su trabajo, enfermarse, luchar por pagar su renta y alimentar a sus hijos. Estos desafíos pueden ocurrirle repentinamente a cualquier persona sin previo aviso, y pueden durar meses o años. Muchos de nosotros enfrentaremos algún tipo de crisis o impacto financiero en nuestras vidas y necesitaremos ayuda. …

Imagine losing your job. Contracting COVID-19. Struggling to pay your rent and feed your children. All of us face crises and challenges in our lives. These challenges can last for months or years and can happen suddenly and without warning. Many of us will face some kind of crisis or…

When I started One Degree over seven years ago, the only technology available to find vital social services was the humble paper binder. Thankfully, a lot has changed since then. The conversation around how to increase access to social services is maturing, and in addition to legacy nonprofit organizations digitizing…

My team and I took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama, in January to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. …

The day I married Sean was absolutely the best day of my life. While the road to the wedding had its ups and downs, the whole wedding weekend was perfect, and we had so much fun with our family and friends.

We just released our Annual Impact Report and I invite you to check it out at this link: http://bit.ly/1degAIR17-18 We hit some big milestones in fiscal year 2017–2018: ⬆️ 80% increase in visitors to the One Degree platform ⬆️ 154% increase in the number of community submissions ⬆️ 175% member growth in LA County ⬆️ We’ve reached over 450,000 people since launch Check out our other highlights and updates in the report!

A year ago right after we launched the One Degree expansion to Los Angeles County, I flew down to visit with some of our partners and supporters. One Degree’s LA headquarters that week was my rented Hyundai Elantra. And my trusty Elantra and I went from West LA to San…

Friends, I have a public service announcement: RUN… do not walk… to see Crazy Rich Asians. I just watched an advance screening of it, and I’m serious. Why should you watch this? Here are a few reasons: 1. We can’t wait another 25 years to have an all-Asian cast in a Hollywood movie. The last time we had a movie with an all-Asian cast was 1993’s…