

Tea & Tonic 2025
Thank you for attending our 26th Annual Tea & Tonic! We were so honored to host you as well as our guest speaker, Amanda Nguyen, at the iconic Hotel del Coronado! For post-event questions, please review our Event FAQs below, or contact our Chief Philanthropy Officer, Suzie Colby, at: scolby@ccssd.org


Amanda Nguyen
Featured Speaker


Thank you to Amanda Nguyen for being our 26th Annual Tea & Tonic guest speaker!
Amanda Nguyen is a survivor and leading force behind the Sexual Assault Survivor Rights’ Act in the United States, passed unanimously by both houses of Congress in 2017. She has championed the rights of survivors through the United Nations and her work at her nonprofit, Rise. She was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and is a 2022 TIME Woman of the Year. Born and raised in Southern California, Amanda went on to study astrophysics at Harvard and recently became the first Vietnamese woman to go to space.
Amanda's debut memoir, Saving Five, was published in 2025 and details her healing journey from her assault at Harvard to passing her first law in Congress. It's available for order now at: www.saving5.com.

The Venue
Hotel del Coronado
Thank you to the beautiful and historic Hotel del Coronado for hosting our 26th Annual Tea & Tonic!
Questions? Please contact Chief Philanthropy Officer, Suzie Colby at scolby@ccssd.org.