San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran Kicks Off API Heritage Month At SBVC
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![Helen Tran listening to speakers during the API kick off](/news/2023/june/images/api-w-600-h-0-bc-ffffff.jpg)
On May 1, San Bernardino Valley College launched Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
with an inspiring keynote from San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran.
Recently-elected Mayor Tran is the city’s first Asian-American mayor and the first
Vietnamese American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city. At the event, she shared
her family’s story. "We want a safe place to live, to raise our families to make sure
we are all healthy and thriving," she said.