Alexander Cena

Alexander Cena is the Director of Leadership Development for LEAP (Leadership Education Asian Pacifics), where he is responsible for the efficient, cost-effective, and timely delivery and coordination of community and corporate leadership development programs, workshops, and events. He is a leadership development professional specializing in diversity & inclusion work and community organizing in the Asian Pacific Island Desi American (APIDA) community.

Mr. Cena has over 11 years of service in the APIDA community. In 2009, as a Programs Manager for a youth development organization called Asian American LEAD, co-created the first Asian American youth summit in the Washington DC area. Between 2013 to 2016, he served as the Director of Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs at the University of Florida and opened up the first Asian Pacific Islander American student center on a college campus in the southeastern part of the United States. After moving to Virginia, he joined the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities as their Community Outreach Coordinator and later became the Center Director for Higher Achievement. He maintained his commitment to the APIDA community by holding positions such as Vice President and founder of the Asian American Association at Virginia Commonwealth University and as a member of the education subcommittee for the Asian Advisory Board of Virginia.

Mr. Cena also leads the Asian American Justice+ Innovation Lab (AAJIL) as the Co-Executive Director. AAJIL is a volunteer organization that positions itself as a is a community racial justice incubator committed to education, community-building, and innovation for promoting justice, radical love, and emergence.