Naomi Tacuyan Underwood | |
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| Born | Naomi Tuazon Tacuyan |
| Nationality | Filipino American |
| Alma mater | New York University University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Spouse |
Ricardo Hurao Underwood
(m. 2008) |
Naomi Tacuyan Underwood (née Naomi Tuazon Tacuyan) is a Filipina-American journalist, and AAPI activist.
Underwood grew up in Guam after her family migrated there from the Philippines in the 1980s.[1][2] In January, 2019 she was living in Annandale, Virginia.[3]
She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and Asian Pacific American studies from New York University, and a master's degree in public policy from UCLA.[4] In December 2008, she married Ricardo Hurao Underwood,[5] the third child of Robert A. Underwood.[6]
In 2009, the Filipina Women's Network named her one of America's 100 most influential Filipina women. At the time, she was the deputy director of APIAVote.[7]
In September 2010, she led the Democratic National Committee's outreach program to the AAPI community.[8]
Underwood worked as the director of programs for the Faith & Politics Institute[2] prior to becoming the executive director of the Asian American Journalists Association, serving in the latter role since January, 2019.[9][10][11] She represented the association in a March 2021 meeting at the White House to discuss AAPI issues and how the Biden administration could address anti-Asian hate.[12]