Alliance for Smiles, based in San Francisco(link is external)<\/a>. The organization sends surgical teams all over the world to provide free cleft palate and lip surgeries to underserved children and families. Liu knew it was the right organization in which to get involved. \u201cAt first, I helped with fundraising, and I went on the medical missions as the photographer and record keeper. Now I oversee the medical missions process,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLiu says her involvement in Alliance for Smiles is a healing and life-changing endeavor. As a Chinese American, Liu\u2019s first mission in China gave her insight into the puzzle of her own experience, providing her closure. \u201cI have no photos of me as a child before I had my surgeries,\u201d she says. \u201cOn my first mission to China, I was able to see what I would have looked like. I was able to be in the operating room and see the surgery. It brought everything full circle for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pivoting in a Moment of Need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When COVID-19 hit, Alliance for Smiles was no longer able to send its surgery teams around the world, but Liu wanted to make sure the organization could continue to help children anyway. Fundraising, which was overseen by Liu, continued online. Each year, the organization\u2019s annual gala was its main fundraising effort, but it was shuttered due to the pandemic. But Liu found a way to transition the gala to an online event. For two years, the event was held online with much success, which allowed Alliance for Smiles to continue funding surgeries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe started training nurses and doctors in various parts of the world over Zoom,\u201d Liu says. \u201cThat way, they could still perform the surgeries. Now we can go back to in-person missions, but we found that the Zoom trainings were really helpful, so we still do them.\u201d The trainings, she said, prepare the local medical team in advance, which streamlines the surgery and aftercare process once the Alliance for Smiles team is on the ground. \u201cWithin an hour and a half, we\u2019ve changed the life of a child and their family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shielding Her Community From Harm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Also active in the Rotary Club of San Francisco, Liu has been involved in a number of projects over the years. She\u2019s helped provide bikes to underserved children, hosted baby showers for mothers in need and fed families facing food insecurity. She serves as the club\u2019s president as well. \u201cI\u2019m the first Asian American president in the club\u2019s history,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most recent projects she worked on through the Rotary Club was in response to the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans. \u201cWhen I kept hearing news reports every day about an Asian person being attacked, I asked what I could do to protect others and myself,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\u2019d stopped carrying a purse and quit wearing her jewelry outside of her home, but she wanted to do more at the community level. She wanted to provide a layer of safety to the Asian American community in San Francisco, so she wrote a grant for personal safety alarms. The alarm, about 2.5 inches, fits on a keychain or lanyard. It has a pin that, when pulled, releases a 130-decibel siren designed to scare off the attacker or alert the surrounding area that the individual is in trouble. \u201cThrough Rotary Club, we partnered with the San Francisco Police Department, the Chamber of Commerce and other Rotary Clubs to identify where the greatest need was,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They identified Asian seniors in low-income housing areas as being the most in need. Liu and the Rotary Club then partnered with the local Mercy Housing, the Catholic Charities and a local food bank to distribute the safety alarms. \u201cThis is about education as well,\u201d Liu says. \u201cWe\u2019ve not only handed out thousands of these alarms but also made sure the seniors knew how to use them and where to carry them. We also handed out pamphlets with information on how and when to use the alarm.\u201d The safety devices, she says, provide a layer of protection for a section of the community that had none. \u201cIn Chinatown, for instance, seniors were scared to get their food or walk the streets of San Francisco. Having the alarm gives them a sense of security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
National Association of REALTORS\u00ae
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Mary Liu helps underserved children locally and abroad receive life-changing medical care while also giving Asian Americans a tool to combat hate. REALTOR\u00ae Mary Liu was born with a cleft palate and lip that required eight surgeries to correct. It was thanks to the help of several nonprofit organizations that she was able to receive … <\/p>\n
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