Q.J. Shi is Senior Director of the Asian Business Empowerment Council (ABEC), a statewide platform building economic power and a collective voice for AAPI businesses across Massachusetts. As its first director, she has connected with hundreds of Asian-owned businesses and championed research challenging the model minority myth. Before ABEC, Q.J. served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Program Officer at Tech Goes Home, expanding its digital equity work beyond Greater Boston. She also led English At Large, which provides free English instruction to immigrants and refugees, and created the Youth Empowerment Project at the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence.