Welcoming Stanford A3C’s Appointment of Assistant Dean and Associate Director Shannon Deloso-Trin

December 8, 2025

Dear President Levin, Provost Martinez, Vice Provost Ahmed, Vice Provost Santos, Provost Rasmussen, Vice President Howard Wolf, and other esteemed Stanford leaders:

We write as the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club (SAPAAC) Board to share our enthusiasm for a recent development at the University.

We celebrate the appointment this fall of Shannon Deloso-Trin, as Assistant Dean and Associate Director at the Asian American Activities Center (A3C). Born and raised in Sacramento with ancestral roots in Bohol and Bicol in the Philippines, Shannon is a first-generation college graduate and proud product of Ethnic Studies. She brings more than a decade of heart-centered and community-rooted experience in culturally affirming curriculum design, leadership development, student support, and community engagement. Her work has spanned K–12 teaching, mentoring emerging student leaders, and co-creating accessible ethnic studies curriculum across California. Most recently, she served as the Student Success Coordinator for Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services at San Francisco State University, where she led programming for first-generation, transfer, and historically underserved students; championed Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander student success; founded the AA&PI Student Network,; and played a key role in supporting the launch of the inaugural Oceania Scholars Program. Her impact has consistently centered visibility, belonging, and the affirmation of student identities.

Shannon holds a B.A. in Asian American Studies with minors in Education and Race & Resistance Studies from San Francisco State University, and an M.Ed. and Social Studies teaching credential from UCLA. She is also the author of Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy, and co-founded an arts-based self-help practice that promotes self-love, wellness, and collective healing. At Stanford, she has expressed deep excitement to work alongside students, staff, and faculty to co-create and reimagine spaces that center collective care, purpose, and belonging within the community.

As the elected representatives of Stanford’s Asian and Pacific American alumni, we hope the University will continue its commitment to A3C personnel and program-dependent resources. This investment is particularly important in light of the growing size of the Asian American community at Stanford. With Shannon joining a dedicated leadership team that includes Director Linda M. Tran, and Assistant Directors Mary Q. Tran and Dr. Sunny Trivedi, we see a bright future ahead for the Center’s capacity to foster belonging, identity development, and student leadership. 

We continue to call on Stanford to engage with, be responsive to, and recruit Asian Americans for senior university leadership.

As alumni, we are committed to our University whose values reflect its diverse campus life and leadership. The Board looks forward to collaborating with Stanford students, staff, faculty, and community members on SAPAAC’s advocacy and education projects. These include documenting the experiences of Asian Americans at Stanford through their oral histories; seeking active participation, co-creation, and collaboration with the Asian American community to acknowledge and commemorate the history and impact of Chinese laborers on campus; and continuing to support the ongoing development of Asian American Studies at Stanford.

Sincerely,

The SAPAAC Board

Alex Hou, 2022 BA
Andrew Jabara, 2018 BA & MS
Christian Lim, 2011 BS, 2013 MS
Jean Kim, 1995 AB & BS 
Jin Park, 1991 AB
Josephine Lau, 2006 BA & MA
Julie Hsieh, 1998 AB
Katie Gee Salisbury, 2007 BA, 2008 MA
Katie Gu, 2018 BA & BS, 2019 MS
Kuldip K. Ambastha, 2004 BA
Richard Cheu, 1959 AB
Risa Shimoda, 1977 BS
Sheila Wang, 1987 MS
Tony Tong, 1994 BS
Tutti Taygerly, 1997 BS