Cecily Cook is the Director of Programs at the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). Her academic background is in traditional arts and Southeast Asia. From 1989 to 1993, she directed the Refugee Arts Group, a Boston non‐profit organization supporting traditional arts conservation programs for Southeast Asian communities, and from 1990 to 2000, Cecily co‐directed the Cambodian Artists Project, a partnership of Cambodian dancers and musicians in the U.S. and Cambodia.