About Diana Ming Chan
Lived 1929 – 2008 (aged 78–79). Diana Ming Chan was a social worker.
Diana Ming Chan (; 1929 – August 2008) was an American social worker, philanthropist, advocate, and educator known for her pioneering work in school social work and direct services. She was the first Cantonese-speaking bilingual social worker in San Francisco's Chinatown. She was known for her "dumpling diplomacy", in which politicians were invited to her home to discuss the importance of social workers in public schools over dumplings.
In February 2007, Chan helped plan and present a town hall meeting as part of the national project "Eliminating Disparities at End-of-Life." They had two children before Leong died in a car accident in Yugoslavia during a family trip in 1964.
Chan died in 2008.
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