I'm Emmy Naw, the current Vice President External of alpha Kappa Delta Phi and I love what my sorority has given me. All the friendships, memories, and experiences that I will absolutely treasure for a lifetime.
I came to the United States at the age of 2 and I am now 20 years old. I’m currently a junior and I’m working towards my degree in Business Management, Finance, and Real Estate. Growing up I honestly had very little knowledge of my roots. I’m happy to say I’ve definitely found a deep love for my people and culture as I grew up. Now it’s time for me to give younger K’Nyaw generations the knowledge to love their roots through IAMKNYAW.
IAMKNYAW translates to I am Karen (the Karen people). It is an upcoming non-profit that I am working towards establishing. Currently, I hold the positions of Social Media Director and Administrator. I work with such an amazing team and we are so hands-on with everything that we do. This all started when Covid-19 started, my team was worried about our people back home and our first fundraiser was a success. We raised over $200,000 combined just within the past year alone. All the money is for IDPs in our home country Myanmar. We use the money to transport things such as food, water filters, feminine products, clothes, shoes, and much more.
Our people have been fleeing war and genocide for over 70 years. Right now, there is a diaspora of K'Nyaw people all over the world but I love that our younger generation including myself have been working towards bettering the lives of our people back home.
Although I can't be there physically, my team has done such an amazing job. I handle the backend of things, by updating the public and the donors of our current activities and I do behind-the-scenes administrative work as well. Trying to start an organization from scratch has definitely not been easy but all the work has definitely been worth it so far and I want to see it through and get it established by the end of this year.