AbbVie's Irvine ALN ERG Hosts "Exploring Asia" AAPI Heritage Month Celebration & Fireside Chats

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Proud to highlight our AbbVie Irvine ALN Q2 events, including a meaningful celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in May and a special coffee chat focused on growth, leadership, and curiosity.

To start off our celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, AbbVie Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Irvine ALN, the Clin Dev Science Innovation-SC Culture Team, the Irvine R&D Appreciation Day Team, and 40 volunteers hosted "Exploring Asia" at the Irvine Quad. More than 300 employees joined a journey across different regions of Asia — collecting passport stamps while discovering cultural insights, exploring Asian languages and music, and sharing personal experiences.

We also hosted an Irvine ALN booth to share information on AAPI Heritage Month, trivia on Asian culture, and ways to get involved on campus with the Irvine ALN ERG.

To close out the month of May, I had the amazing opportunity to moderate a fireside chat, alongside Fiona Hughes, with Kelly Giuffrida, VP of Eyecare and Irvine ALN Sponsor, who shared personal reflections on her career journey, allyship in leadership, and building meaningful cross-functional connections across the business.

And later in the quarter, we hosted a coffee chat, "Reflections on Career, Leadership, and Staying Curious," with Kartik Subramanian, VP of Biologics, PDS&T, which was a valuable chance to learn from Kartik's career journey and experiences supporting programs from development through commercialization.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, participated, and helped bring these events to life. Your time and energy made Q2 a success 🎉

Communities

• Asian & Pacific Islander
• Women

Observances

• AAPI Heritage Month

Formats

• Fireside Chat & AMA
• Tabling & Awareness Booth

Goals

• Connect
• Grow