The API Caucus is one of the Multicultural Constituency Groups (MCCGs) related to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). MCCGs are professional organizations that are allied with but independent of ASHA. The purpose of the API Caucus is to support (a) individuals in the API communities who are in need of audiology and speech-language pathology services as well as (b) audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language and hearing scientists; and students in the speech, language, and hearing sciences who provide services in API communities or who are of API descent. Asian Pacific Islanders are defined as persons with origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, or the Pacific Islands.