Staff and Volunteers

Chinatown Youth Initiatives would not be possible without the help of our staff and volunteers. Our volunteers take on a host of challenges, from providing guidance to our youth, advising to our programming, and teaching ESL classes, to supporting CYI in its long-term development, and keeping in touch with our alumni, each and every one of our volunteers is a valued member of our community.

If you would like to get involved with CYI, please e-mail as at info@cyinyc.org!

Current Volunteer Staff

Marilla Li, Chinatown Literacy Project Advisor
Marilla Li is the Adviser of the Chinatown Literacy Project and the Youth Services Coordinator at the Teen Resource Center of the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. A graduate of Barnard College, Marilla majored in Anthropology and was actively involved in two major student groups, the Columbia University Asian American Alliance and the Barnard College Well-Woman Health Promotion Program. She remains invested in promoting awareness and improvement of marginalized communities, particularly women and people of color.