Ekta Prakash works to make sure immigrant communities in Minneapolis can access culturally specific food and keep up with growing demands related to the pandemic. aapifrontline
“We are not fully ready to deal with this pandemic going the next few months, but I think we are doing our best at this moment,” Prakash said. “But we don't know what's going to happen after six months or so.”
Prakash, 44, joined the organization as a program manager in 2007, after moving to the United States from India seven years before. She came to the country and earned a second master's degree, but was only able to find work in retail because she didn’t have enough work experience. She became a receptionist at another nonprofit and eventually worked her way up.
After working as a CAPI USA program manager for five years, she became its executive director in 2012. She said that coming to the U.S. as an immigrant made her feel that she didn’t belong, but her nonprofit work over the past two decades has changed that. She said they’re working with other nonprofits and, amid the pandemic, have switched to a triage model, prioritizing those with the highest needs. The groups they work with provide aid to communities including West African, Latinx, Vietnamese and Karen people, an ethnic minority from Burma.
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