Cheng Chow

Cheng Chow is a doctoral student at Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Born and raised in a migrant family, Cheng experienced marginalization, discrimination, and exclusion first as a left-behind child of migrant parents and later as an immigrant himself. These personal experiences motivated him to advocate for (im)migrant communities.

Cheng served as a community outreach coordinator in Hong Kong, partnering with nonprofits to support immigrant integration and advocate for their rights. He later became a regional migration health officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM, UN Migration Agency), where he collaborated with WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, and other international partners to deliver comprehensive health programs aimed at improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of migrants and vulnerable populations. Cheng has also engaged in humanitarian efforts to provide health assistance to crisis-affected populations, including those experiencing forced migration in low-resource settings.

Cheng is proud to be a first-generation college graduate and was awarded the APPAM Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship. Cheng aims to translate research into community resources, fostering an environment of inclusivity and social justice for immigrants and other marginalized populations. Fittingly, the name Cheng translates into social justice in his native language.