About the Founder

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Mandy Kao, community leader, and was born in Hong Kong.  She created the Mandy Kao Foundation to further pursue her passion for empowering girls, offering educational opportunities, and helping the underserved.  

Mandy is married to William Kao and the mother of three teenage boys.  She believes in teaching youth about philanthropy. The Kao family is one of the founding members for the Center for Family Philanthropy at the Greater Houston Community Foundation which teaches philanthropy as a family endeavor.  Mandy also helped her sons, Tyler, Ethan, and Ashton, start their own charity, The Awesome Fund and the Asian American Youth Giving Circle.