[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 97 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING CONCHITA HSU AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR 
           ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 5, 2023

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, on May 26, 2023, I recognized Conchita Hsu as 
a distinguished leader in Central Florida for Asian American and 
Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Conchita Hsu has served as the 
president of the Florida Chapter of Buddha's Light International 
Association (BLIA) since January 2022 and as elder advisor of the 
Orlando Chapter of International Buddhist Progress Society since 
January 2017. From 2013 to 2016, she served as the president of the 
Orlando Chapter of BLIA. Under her leadership, the BLIA chapter has 
played an active role in the Central Florida community, including 
leading relief efforts after Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, supporting 
communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping underserved members 
of the community, sponsoring local schools, hosting the Abolition 2020-
Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration, partnering with local institutes for 
cultural exchanges, and more. The chapter has been recognized with the 
Orange County Public Schools' Crystal Awards and the Orange County 
Mayor's Outstanding Community Service Awards numerous times in the past 
decade. Conchita also served as principal of the Chinese School of 
Chinese American Association of Central Florida from 2005 to 2009 and 
as the chief executive officer of Orlando Guang Ming Academy from 2016 
to 2021, promoting Chinese literacy and culture. She has also served as 
a contributor to the Florida Asia Trend Magazine, volunteered with the 
Tzu Chi Foundation Central Florida Chapter Outreach Program, and is 
active as an interpreter for various non-profit organizations as well 
as for patients in hospitals. She has called Central Florida home since 
1996 with her husband David and is the proud parent of two grown sons--
who are now a doctor and a college professor--and one grandson.

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