Delta Chapter History
Delta Chapter was founded at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the spring of 1992 by founding sisters Shirley Ang, Vernalee Armado, Nina Chao, Laarni Fontillas, Lorelei Gandingco, Armie Mendoza, and Tieu-Mi Tran. Delta Chapter is part of the Northwest Region, along with the chapters at UC Davis, Stanford, CSU Sacramento, San Jose State University, and University of Washington. We have dedicated ourselves to upholding and exemplifying our pillars of scholarship, leadership, service, Asian-awareness, and sisterhood.
National History
alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1989 and recognized by the College Panhellenic Association on February 7, 1990. The fourteen founding sisters Betty Chu, Karin Co, Susan Kim, Nancy Lee, Sherri Leung, Annie Loo, Belinda Ma, Anita Ng, Serene Ngin, Fannie Pon, Josie Sun, Daisy Wu, Jill Yoshimura, and Reina Yuan, dedicated themselves to establishing a strong and lasting organization, which would provide Asian American women the opportunity to participate in the Greek system. Soon after being recognized by the College Panhellenic Association, the founding sisters brought together a diverse group of women who shared with them the goals of sisterhood, scholarship, and leadership. These ideals were to later set the foundation of alpha Kappa Delta Phi’s purpose.
