Embracing Authenticity: A Conversation on Navigating Connectedness and Identity

Sponsored by Inter-Asian Alumni Alliance & Krieger School of Arts & Sciences

Join us for an interactive evening with fellow alums, friends and students at the Hopkins Homewood campus. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and enjoy delicious Asian food and desserts in the first hour. The second half of the event will feature a fireside chat with alumni leader, Sara Abiusi and distinguished speaker and fellow Hopkins alumni, Dave Prakash, MD, MBA; the conversation will be focused  on Dave's remarkable journey, spanning diverse domains, from medicine and aviation to technological leadership and how the challenges and triumphs along the way shaped his understanding of Asian American Identity and his perception of self and others.  

The event welcomes all JHU students, alums and friends. Interested students can contact srai10@jhu.edu for free registration!

Disclaimer: The perspectives and opinions expressed by the speaker(s) during this program are those of the speaker(s) and not, necessarily, those of Johns Hopkins University and the scheduling of any speaker at an alumni event or program does not constitute the University’s endorsement of the speaker’s perspectives and opinions.

A portion of this registration fee will serve as a donation in support of future programming and events.  If you wish to not have a portion of your registration support such initiatives, you may contact the Office of Annual Giving: oag@jhu.edu.      

While participating in off-campus events and meetings sponsored by the JHAA/JHM/JHHS participants must follow all public health guidelines mandated by the local jurisdiction and venue at the time of the event. Johns Hopkins strongly suggests that attendees who join in person receive at least one dose of an FDA- or WHO-authorized COVID-19 vaccine before attending This is subject to change. 

JHAA Event Cancellation and Refund Policy

* The Alumni Association strives to make our alumni programming as inclusive and equitable as possible. Please reach out to srai10@jhu.edu if there are any barriers, monetary or otherwise, to your participation in this event, and we can register you on the back end.