Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Ryan Doan-Nguyen is a Mather House sophomore from Massachusetts pursuing a joint concentration in History & Literature and Government and a secondary in Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights. In the wake of rising anti-Asian violence, he led a grassroots coalition of Boston activists and community members in organizing one of the nation’s first recorded Stop Asian Hate protests. Since then, Ryan has raised more than $16,000 for local AAPI organizations, amassed more than 70,000 followers on a platform he launched to circulate AAPI news and resources, and spoken with schools and towns throughout New England to advocate for AAPI equity and inclusion. He also served on the Solidarity Against AAPI Hate’s national committee, which implemented coordinated rallies condemning anti-Asian hate in 20 American cities.

Passionate about transforming environments to be diverse, inclusive, and uplifting for all, Ryan studied peacebuilding and conflict resolution in Dublin this past summer as a 2022 Frederick Douglass Global Fellow and currently interns with the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to address anti-Asian bias and advance health equity, justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI communities across the country. On campus, Ryan is the Harvard Crimson’s Harvard Law School beat reporter, a member of the Institute of Politics’ JFK Jr. Forum Committee, and a research assistant at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. He was the Harvard Vietnamese Association's 2021-22 Co-President. In his free time, Ryan enjoys inline skating, creative writing, reading, and hiking.