Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AAs and NHPIs) need quality affordable health care. One in six Asian Americans and one in four Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are uninsured. Even with coverage, AAs and NHPIs experience disparities in health outcomes and quality of care.

Dear Advocates and Allies,

To capture the diverse narratives of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community through the perspective of API women and girls, NAPAWF has created an Immigration Community Survey. The stories of Asian immigrant women and their families are rarely, if ever, depicted in mainstream media. We hope this community survey will help elevate immigrant Asian women's issues and bring attention to the compelling stories that are too often not told.

The demand for “mani/pedis” and other beauty salon services has grown steadily over the past few decades.  Nail salon and other cosmetology workers handle solvents, chemical solutions, glues, and cosmetic products that contain chemicals known to be carcinogenic and suspected to cause reproductive harm on a daily basis. Of the more than 380,000 nail technicians nationwide, a staggering 42% are of Asian descent.