Honors Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Christina Lagdameo

Christina Lagdameo, an University Honors Alumna, is committed to the social, economic and political empowerment of women, girls and marginalized communities. She recently served as President Obama’s Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

From 2000 to 2007, Lagdameo worked for the White House Office of Management and Budget where she examined over $45 billion in federal income support programs, including the Earned Income Tax Credit, Refugee Resettlement and issues relating to asset poverty.

Most recently, Lagdameo received the AAUW/NASPA Women of Distinction Award at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. Lagdameo graduated from the University of Maryland where she helped establish the first Asian American Studies Program in the DC metropolitan area. She is a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow, a Presidential Management Fellow and received her Master’s in Public Policy from the New School for Social Research in New York City. She is recently married and preparing to volunteer in India with her husband for an organization that rescues and rehabilitates survivors of human trafficking.

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