In Arizona, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute, the share of immigrants coming from Asia grew from 13.5 percent in 1990 to 20.9 percent by 2016, while the percentage coming from Latin and Central America stayed the same.

But it’s still rare to spot Asians in positions of power: They hold just 17 of the 535 seats in Congress and only a handful of the 90 state legislative seats.

“Asian Americans continue to be marginalized and excluded from the most basic conversations and most basic topics,” said Sadi Chhoa, a vice president of OCA Phoenix, which works to advance Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through networking, workshops and other events and resources.

Reid, the CEO of the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce, said part of the problem that Asians have to grapple with is “this idea of the model minority.”

“Although certain sects of our community have done very well, there are sects that haven’t and are still in poverty because they have that stigma, and it’s hard for them to get the resources they need,” he said.

He points to a need for greater funding for research and treatment of hepatitis B, for example, which afflicts Asians in Arizona at 2.5 times the rate of blacks and 23 times the rate of Hispanics.