Mission:

The purpose of CLTA-WA is to promote quality teaching of the Chinese language at all educational levels in the State of Washington. It shall inform the public about issues related to teaching Chinese; develop a resource network for Chinese language educators; and arrange professional development workshops for teachers.

Our Story Bylaws of the CLTA-WA

2025-2026 Board of Directors:

President: Yingying GAO (高莹莹), Seattle Country Day School
Immediate Past President: Xiaoling MO (莫晓灵), Seattle Country Day School
Vice President: Jingran WAN (万静然), Odle Middle School
Recording Secretary: Xinyu (Vanessa) CHEN (陈欣钰), Edmonds Woodway High School
Corresponding Secretary: Ying YU (于影), Nathan Hale High School
Recording Treasurer: Ye (Cheryl) WANG (王晔), Lake Washington School District
Accounts Payable Treasurer: Shufen LI (李书芬), Evergreen School
Tech Support: Lusi HONG (洪璐斯), Westside School
Webmaster: Ruihua WANG (王瑞华), Bellevue School District
Member at large: Chi ZHANG (张弛), Basis Independent Bellevue
Member at large: Pohua HUANG (黄柏华), Seattle Academy

2025-2026 Committees

Finance Committee: Shufen LI, Cheryl WANG
Cultural Activity Grant Committee: Chi ZHANG
PD Grant Committee: Chi ZHANG
Clock Hour Committee: Pohua HUANG, Jingran WAN, Yingying GAO, Chunqing GE, Xi MA

2025-2026 Advisors (LAST names listed in alphabetical order)

Tracy Ge: Chinese Teacher at Sammamish High School, Former Board Member of CLTA-WA
Zoe Jiang: World Language Program Lead in the Issaquah School District, Chinese Teacher at Skyline High School, Former President of CLTA-WA
Betty Lau: City University of Seattle
Xi Ma: Chinese Instructor, University of Washington
Dongmei Tan: Principal at Jingmei Elementary School

2025-2026 Legal counsel: Matthew Dresden, Dresden Law PLLC

Logo Designer: Juei-Chuan Hung
Initial Website Designer: Jordan Kiang

CLTA-WA Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

#StopAsianHate

CLTA-WA Board

The United States has seen increasing crimes committed against Asian Americans going about their daily lives. Asian businesses are increasingly vandalized; individual Asians are harassed, threatened, and struck; even the elderly are not spared from attacks on public streets.

We officers, board of directors, and members of the Chinese Language Teachers Association–Washington (CLTA-WA), denounce anti-Asian violence and systemic racism against Asian Americans and Asian American communities wherever and whenever it occurs.

We pledge to continue and re-double our work to build bridges of understanding through promoting Chinese language and culture in the fight against irrational hatred of Asian Americans.

CLTA-WA stands with teachers, students, and families against all forms of racial discrimination and violence. We condemn anti-Asian violence in all its forms and stand in solidarity with the AAPI community.

Contact Us:

president@clta-wa.org
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