Neil Ruiz, PhD of the Pew Research Center joins Jerry to share about his journey as the son of Filipino immigrants, finding passion and mission in sharing our stories through data and research, and what he has learned about our community through his research work. Please visit PewResearch.org to view his latest report entitled "Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population"

Meet NeilNeil G. Ruiz is associate director of race and ethnicity research at the Pew Research Center. He studies the international movement of people across borders, high-skilled immigration to the U.S. and around the world, demographic analysis of Asian Americans, and comparative legal immigration systems.

Prior to joining the Center, Ruiz was the executive director of the Center for Law, Economics & Finance at George Washington University, and he has also worked as a migration and economic development expert at the Brookings Institution, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

He is a political economist with a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s degree from Oxford University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Ruiz regularly speaks about U.S. immigration and international migration research with major print and broadcast media.(Source: pewresearch.org)

Connect with NeilTwitter: @Neil_ruizLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/neilruiz/

Read this research:Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population (Pew Research Center)More of Neil's Research at Pew

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