Impact
This page is drawn from three years of Zoom meeting transcripts, saved chats, and closed captions (2021–2024). These aren't curated testimonials — they're real moments where a need surfaced and I happened to be in the room.
Language Bridge
Making systems accessible in Chinese when no one else does
Can the interest form be translated?
Oscar raised that the CPAC retreat interest form was only available in English — excluding Chinese-speaking providers from participating.
CPAC Membership Meeting — October 12, 2022
如果需要普通話翻譯的,請選擇Portuguese 葡萄牙文
With only a few interpretation channels available in Zoom, Oscar repurposed the Portuguese channel for Mandarin — a creative workaround so Chinese-speaking providers could participate in a trilingual board meeting.
FCCASF Board Meeting — January 19, 2023
I also shared in LIIF's National ECE Practitioners Advisory Committee that a beautiful center without quality workforce or vice versa do no good to the ECE community.
Oscar carries insights from Chinese provider workshops into national-level advisory committees — bridging communities that rarely hear from each other.
CCFF Team Meeting — October 4, 2022
System Navigator
Helping providers who are left behind by complexity
We got a provider needing to register CCSF courses but it is too difficult for her to navigate. She is not as tech savvy and she works during the day as a FCC.
Oscar advocated at the CPAC Workforce Committee for tech support for providers who can't navigate the City College registration system on their own.
CPAC Workforce Meeting — October 25, 2022
填申請表時可以用中文嗎？ (Can the application form be filled in Chinese?)
During a Chinese-language grant workshop Oscar organized, a provider asked the most basic question — can I even apply in my own language? Without the workshop, this provider would have been excluded from a $75K grant.
Chinese Grant Workshop — February 26, 2022
不好意思，怎样才能打开签到表 (Sorry, how do I open the sign-in form?)
Providers messaged Oscar privately during training sessions for help with basic tech tasks. He responded to each one individually, in Chinese, while simultaneously hosting the event.
FCC Fundamentals Training — May 12, 2022
Accountability Voice
Asking the questions institutions prefer not to hear
Why can't we have/see the Dashboard again? This data is so important that OECE/First 5/DEC need to make proper decisions. I hope it is not black box operation.
Oscar pushed Children's Council and OECE on why the enrollment data dashboard had been offline since March 2020, while funding decisions were still being made without public visibility.
Referral Data Presentation — Children's Council & WuYee — February 3, 2022
I do not agree with limiting certain access to service or training to city-contracted providers if non-city contracted providers are also serving families who are in need.
At a CPAC Workforce Committee meeting, Oscar challenged the practice of restricting services to city-contracted providers — arguing that families in need should have access regardless of their provider's contract status.
CPAC Workforce Committee — March 15, 2022
"Parent choice" is actually: choose 1) what we designated and made available to you, or 2) not getting what you want.
Oscar reframed "parent choice" — a term used positively by agencies — as functionally limiting when the choices available are pre-selected by the system.
CPAC Workforce Committee — March 15, 2022
Community Convener
Building spaces where providers can organize across languages
4 Eng, 3 Spa, 3 Chi
Oscar organized 10 breakout rooms across three languages at a statewide Leadership Cafe — ensuring Chinese and Spanish-speaking providers could discuss policy issues in their own language alongside English speakers.
Family Child Care Leadership Cafe — April 23, 2022
43 people. 38 voted. 16 insist. 1 neutral. 21 accept. 5 abstain.
Oscar convened a Chinese-language community vote on the Prop C budget compromise — facilitating democratic decision-making on a high-stakes issue, in a language the city meetings didn't offer.
Baby Prop C Meeting — June 20, 2023
Oscar, 你太忙了，我走了，多谢晒 (Oscar, you're too busy. I'll go. Thank you so much.)
A provider said goodbye during a late-evening training session, acknowledging Oscar's workload. Behind every meeting Oscar runs are providers who stay past 8pm after full days of caregiving.
CAN FCC Fundamentals Series — December 16, 2021
Tech Enabler
Building tools so providers have the same professional presence as large centers
我已经拿到那个license了... 我不知道怎么做广告 (I already got my license... I don't know how to advertise)
A newly licensed provider called into Oscar's MrChildcare tech support session for help getting their first families. Oscar walked them through advertising, online presence, and referral systems — in Mandarin.
MrChildcare Tech Support — May 10, 2023
We will send the PPT to Oscar to send out to everyone.
Agencies and organizations route materials through Oscar because he's the distribution hub for Chinese-speaking providers — the one person who ensures information reaches the community.
FCCASF Board Meeting — January 19, 2023
Minor Renovation & Repair Grant is really daunting for our community to apply. Is there any additional technical assistance support?
Oscar raised at a CPAC meeting that the state grant process was too complex for providers without tech support — then organized his own workshops to fill the gap.
CPAC Membership Meeting — March 9, 2022
These moments aren't exceptional. They're Tuesday. The work continues at projects, and the thinking behind it is in writing.