"Wei was a Taiwanese immigrant who graduated from UCLA and moved to the Bay Area with her husband, Ta-Wei Chien, in 1981, according to California Local. They moved to Cupertino in 1990. She became involved in her local community around 2004 after she joined Cupertino's Fremont Union High Schools Foundation. She went on to serve as a board trustee in the Fremont Union High School District from 2007 to 2018."
"A few years later, she entered Cupertino politics, serving one term on the City Council from 2020 to 2024. She took on the role of mayor in 2023. Maria Segal met Wei in 2007 because they both wanted to become school trustees. Segal didn't get the seat, but grew closer to Wei after Segal's young son died unexpectedly. Wei had lost her daughter before Segal's son died. Segal said instead of Wei isolating, she threw herself into community work. Wei founded Verdadera at Monta Vista High School, a student publication dedicated to mental health and wellness."
""She showed that by living a meaningful life and that by being of service, you can somehow find a way to move forward again, to even find joy again," Segal told San José Spotlight. "It was a bond between us.""
Hung Wei died Aug. 28 at age 69 from stage four lung cancer and is survived by her husband and two sons. She immigrated from Taiwan, graduated from UCLA, and moved to the Bay Area in 1981, settling in Cupertino in 1990. Wei began community involvement around 2004 with the Fremont Union High Schools Foundation and served as a Fremont Union High School District trustee from 2007 to 2018. She served on the Cupertino City Council from 2020 to 2024 and was mayor in 2023. Wei founded a student mental health publication and volunteered with local nonprofits and the Rotary Club.
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