Elliot Hom

Elliot Hom is a San Francisco native who entered the University of California, San Diego to study aerospace engineering after the 2025 Futuremakers summer. A Chinese American with family roots in immigration, he brought an interest in how personal stories can deepen understanding across communities.

For his independent project, The Immigrant’s Perspective, Elliot interviewed Asian American immigrants about moving to and living in the United States. He brought their experiences together on a website with brief descriptions and wrote an accompanying article.

Alongside his independent work, Elliot supported a local community organization’s efforts to strengthen Asian American life in San Francisco. His project used interviewing and digital storytelling to help audiences encounter immigration through individual experiences, making a broad public issue more personal and accessible.