Young Lee Hertig
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Rev. Dr. Young Lee Hertig is the Co-founder and Executive Director of ISAAC. Since 1992, she has taught courses on Spirituality, Sustainability, and Diversity at Azusa Pacific University, United Theological Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary.
Extensive experience advocating for gender equity in the pulpit, Dr. Hertig has been a leader in organizing, writing, and developing programs to support AAPI women in ministry. She is the author of A Biblical Study Guide for Equal Pulpits and The Tao of Asian American Belonging, and she served as the lead editor for Mirrored Reflections.
She is the author of Asian American Belonging: A Yinist Spirituality, Orbis Books, 2019, Co-editor of Mirrored Reflections: Reframing Biblical Characters, 2010, Wipf & Stock, and Biblical Study Guide for Equal Pulpits, Cascade Books, 2022, and creator of PastoraLab for Asian American Women Ministers, a two-year mentorship and empowerment program designed to address the unique challenges faced by Asian American women faith leaders from historically marginalized backgrounds. She also created a podcast aimed at empowering AAPI & Latina faith women, When Women Preach.
Dr. Hertig holds three M.A. degrees in Counseling Psychology, Theology, and Anthropology, as well as a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies.
Korean American
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CA
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Bible Study, Ethnic Identity, Identity, Race and Culture, Social Justice, Women's Ministry, Grief/Loss