Yen Rabe for Pasadena ISD School Board

Yen Rabe

Yen is a mother, teacher, and advocate dedicated to improving student well-being, expanding educational opportunities, and promoting fiscal responsibility. She is campaigning to move school start times later, aiming to create learning environments where students can thrive. At a time when public education in Texas is under attack, Yen is ready to stand up and fight for our children and their future.

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Yen and her family were refugees in the Vietnam War. The Lutheran Church in Seguin, TX sponsored her and her family were sponsored to come to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. The opportunity to come to the United States allowed her to obtain an education that she would not have been able to receive if she were still in Vietnam.

She is the first person in my family to graduate from college and the only one with a master's degree. Because of this opportunity for an education, she is very grateful and would like to give back by serving my community. She is trilingual, speaking English, Vietnamese & French (and a little Spanish).

Currently, she is an active teacher with 24 years of experience. She taught at Pasadena High School for 14 years, and her daughter attended Frazier Elementary School, Morris 5th grade center, Melillo Middle, Thompson Intermediate and graduated from Dobie High School. She has nephews and nieces who currently attend Pasadena ISD schools.

She is also the Houston Area Chapter Leader of Start School Later, a national organization that brings awareness to teen sleep deprivation when middle and high schools start in the early 7 o'clock. The Houston area has the largest cluster of high schools with early start times. If elected, she will be the first Asian on the Pasadena ISD School Board to represent the more than 5000 Asians and their children in the district.