Wildflowers Fellowship Program

Wildflowers’ fellows are leaders with deep roots in their own communities and hold a vision to lead their communities to being self-sustaining. Fellows provide leadership in undertaking studies and incubating new programs in their communities. Through these efforts, the fellows highlight community assets and strengths and uncover innate social formations.

From 2000 to the present, Wildflowers has invited 85 individuals from eighteen communi- ties in the United States and in China to serve as fellows. They represent a diverse array of experiences and talents, transcending typical professional and cultural boundaries, and putting them at the forefront of creating new community-generated paradigms for the 21st century. (The list of fellows below is in alphabetical order.)

Mr. Jah’Shams Abdul-Mu’min, Los Angeles, California
Mr. Benjamin Ahmad, African-American community, East Palo Alto, California
Dr. Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, Pennsylvania State University
Ms. Tina Alejo, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Semunesh Arega, Ethiopian community, San Jose, California
Mr. Luis Avelar, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Mr. Miguel Ayala, Latino community, San Francisco, California
Mr. Everett Baldwin, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Orland Bishop, Los Angeles, California
Mr. Derrick ‘Woody’ Bitsie, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ms. Suzette Bridges, Puyallup community, Olympia, Washington
Mr. MC Canlas, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Michelle Chao, Lao Iu Mien community, Oakland, California
Ms. Anni Chung, Chinatown community, San Francisco, California
Prof. Shuqi Cui, Beijing, China Prof. Xiaobo Cui, Beijing, China
Dr. Ben Davis, Berkeley, California
Ms. Maggie DeGuzman, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Melanie Espinueva, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Maaza Essayas, Ethiopian community, San Jose, California
Ms. Seng Kouay Fong, Lao Iu Mien community, Oakland, California
Ms. Maryanne Galindo, Los Angeles, California
Mr. Jorge Garia, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Ermiase Getachew, Ethiopian community, Oakland, California
Mr. Fidel Gonzales, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. James Gonzalez, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Elsa Jacob, Ethiopian community, San Jose, California
Prof. Chenggang Jin, Beijing, China
Prof. Stephanie Johnson, African-American community, San Francisco Bay Area
Ms. Lisa Juachon, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Michele Justice, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Kutay Derin Kugay, Laz community, San Francisco Bay Area
Ms. Genny Lim, Chinatown community, San Francisco, California
Ms. Andrea Lopez, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Marcelino Lopez, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Mr. Pablo Lopez, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ms. Sewasew Meaza, Ethiopian community, San Jose, California
Mr. Michael 360, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Goro Mitchell, African-American community, East Palo Alto, California
Mr. Edgar Mojica, Mayan community, San Francisco Bay Area
Mr. Larry Moody, African-American community, East Palo Alto, California
Mr. Erik Monje, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Ms. Krystal Monje, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Ms. Laura Monje, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Mrs. Martha Monje, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Ms. Myra Monje-Robles, Hispanic community, East Palo Alto, California
Mr. Elias Negash, Ethiopian community, Oakland, California
Mr. Fernando Ortega, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ms. Alleluia Panis, Filipino community, San Francisco, California
Mr. Daar Paydon, Red Wolf Band, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Mario Paz, Latino community, San Francisco, California
Prof. Kangnan Qi, Beijing