Commissioner Ping Ping resides in Spokane, Washington. She is a tenured instructor of Sociology at Spokane Falls Community College. Ping grew up in South China and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since immigrating to Spokane in 2001, Ping has consistently promoted Chinese language and culture while she served as the Principal of the Spokane Chinese Language School and the President of the Spokane Chinese Association. Additionally, Ping has devoted extensive efforts to advocating for local government and community organizations to provide immigrants and refugees with language services in order to help them overcome language and cultural barriers and better engage in societal issues and economic opportunities. Ping actively participates in various community initiatives for diversity and racial justice as well as grassroots movements to prevent gun violence in the State and the nation.
Ping has been an advocate for people in her community when they have experienced harassment or discrimination. As a CAPAA commissioner, Ping will dedicate her efforts to assisting and uniting API communities in Eastern Washington, and hopes to be a part of the collective effort to change harmful stereotypes about Asians.