Your Local Leaders Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is a group of carefully selected individuals who have volunteered their time to help run the organization. They represent the voices of the community that they represent.
Questions? Not sure who to direct your question to? You can send all general inquiries to board@panethnicpourovers.org to contact all Board members.
Emily Goroza
she/hers
Executive Director
Emily (she/hers) is a Filipina-American and Quincy resident with a love for people and her community. She started Panethnic Pourovers in April of 2023, as a result of corporate burnout and wanting to make more of an impact on her community. She identifies as neurodivergent and queer, using her varied perspectives and identities to help make progress in her community work.
During the day, Emily works full-time as a software engineer at Winnable and uses her full-time income to fund PePo and adhere to its values. As an artist, activist, and extrovert, you can also find her volunteering and exploring throughout Boston and the South Shore.
Email: emily@panethnicpourovers.org
Wren Lee
they/them
Program Director
Wren Lee (they/them) is Panethnic Pourovers’s Program Director. They’re second-generation Chinese-American. They joined Panethnic Pourovers to strengthen the Greater Boston AAPI community and connect with new friends after moving here from Texas.
Email: wren@panethnicpourovers.org
Mercy Clemente
they/them
Admin Director
Mercy (they/them) is a transracial Korean adoptee and an active volunteer at Panethnic Pourovers. They first joined PePo to work on the lending library program before joining the Board of Directors. Now, they work to create efficient and smooth operations for PePo and all of its programs! Mercy also lends a hand in pop ups, as PePo representation, and with cafe maintenance.
They like to read, create art, learn new things and meet new people. Mercy is passionate about tech equity, literature, (public) health, and learning how to be a balanced activist.
Email: mercy@panethnicpourovers.org
Cindy Lee
she/hers
Café Lead, Director
Cindy (she/hers) is a graduate from Boston University, where she studied Nutrition Sciences and Public Health. She hopes to use her education to grow as a public health professional and increase access to nutritious foods in institutions and hospitals.
In her free time, you can find Cindy sipping on a matcha and coloring at PEPO; or gaming on her switch and steam deck!
Email: cindy@panethnicpourovers.org
Melanie Floyd
she/hers
Food Insecurity Director
Email: melanie@panethnicpourovers.org
Liam Hobbs
he/they/any
Co-Library Director
Liam Hobbs (he/him) grew up in Hingham, spending summers with his grandmother in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard. As a teen he dealt with addiction and ended up dropping out, getting his GED at 20, and sober at 21.
Since then he has worked at his mother’s coffee shop in Hingham and is currently attending UMass Boston with a focus on Asian studies and a minor in Japanese. You can find him swearing at himself while playing Elden Ring, or making Emily listen to underground hip hop she’s learned to love.
Email: liam@panethnicpourovers.org