Marshall Wong is a native of Los Angeles and has worked for the L.A. County Human Relations Commission since 1999. He authors an annual report on hate crime and coordinates the agency’s anti-hate crime programs. Previously, he held positions with the Smithsonian Institution and in the Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C. He serves as co-chair of API Equality-LA, a coalition working to advance marriage equality in the Asian American community. From 1991-1994, Marshall was a Fellow in the Kellogg National Leadership Program and has received awards from the National Multicultural Institute, the Organization of Chinese Americans, and the D.C. Mayor’s Office. He has studied Spanish in Mexico and Guatemala; authored articles for Social Justice, the Washington Times and Asian Week; and wrote a biography about his father Delbert Wong, the first Chinese American judge.
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