Mike Chen is a queer activist and an advocate for green spaces and food justice. He has spearheaded the George Choi Scholarship, a scholarship for queer Asian Pacific Islander youth in higher education. From a scholarship to an endowment and now the largest API LGBTQ Foundation in the nation, Prism Foundation is a grassroots philanthropic organization that provides scholarship and grants to under-resourced and under-representative communities. He has served on the boards of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance and GAPIMNY. He currently serves on the Consumer Advisory Board at the Ryan Chelsea Clinton Clinic advocating for health care for marginalized communities. He is working towards getting a degree in urban agriculture and beekeeping in his fight for food justice. Working/volunteering with Fifth Avenue Committee he has found a platform to amplify his vision; creating and maintaining green spaces for public use.