Jewel Yi

Co-Founder/Director/ Principal Occupational Therapist/ Co-Founder of Covid19 Migrant Support Coalition/Lead of Health and Engagement

Little Marvels

Jewel Yi is a Co-Founder/Director of Little Marvels, a center providing occupational therapy, speech therapy, educational therapy, play therapy and psychological services to children and families. She sees her clients and families as ‘little marvels’ and hope that they will become well-integrated, secured, and happy within the home, school, and leisure places. She and her team believe that it is essential to provide coordinated child and family centered practice in order to be effective.

Jewel is also active in the volunteer scene and was a winner of the 2020 Presidential Award for Volunteerism and Philanthropy in the ‘Leader of Good’ category. She is a co-lead of the Covid19 Migrant Support Coalition, a ground up volunteer-ran initiative that currently focuses on serving, partnering and empowering migrant workers. She believes that it is important to advocate for changes on a macro-level hence she also volunteered as a legislative assistant to push for various policy amendments.