Our Leadership Through Mentorship Program hosts influential policy leaders, practitioners, and advocates for visits at the School. They attend classes, have meals with students, and conduct office hours. Occasionally, these guests give lectures open to the public.

Eddy Zheng is the President & Founder of New Breath Foundation, and works to mobilize resources to support Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) harmed by violence and the unjust immigration and criminal justice systems.

A 2019-21 Rosenberg Foundation Leading Edge Fellow and a 2015-17 Open Society Foundation Soros Justice Fellow, he served as co-director of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee and co-founded the first ever ethnic studies program in San Quentin State Prison — ROOTS.

Fluent in three languages and skilled in motivational speaking, cross-cultural healing, workshop facilitation, and conflict mediation, Eddy is the co-editor of "Other: An Asian and Pacific Islander Prisoners’ Anthology" and serves on the board of Chinese for Affirmative Action. Eddy’s commitment to service has been frequently recognized, most recently with the 2019 Frederick Douglass 200 award, 2019 Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award from the National Education Association, and 2017 Bridging the Gap award from the University of Pennsylvania.

Eddy is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story.” With much gratitude, he is eager to collaborate with new partners in empowering marginalized communities, building racial solidarity, and abolishing the prison industrial complex. He is also a contributor of the soon to be released book "Contemporary Asian American Activism."