County of Los Angeles Indian American Professionals Association (COLAIAPA) is a non-profit association of employees of the County of Los Angeles (County) with South Asian Indian origin. Some of the current members knew other members through working in same County department, inter-departmental meetings, occasionally meeting at Indian and non-Indian cultural programs within and/or outside County, or just by relationship as friends or relatives. Some of the current members have been associated with Los Angeles County Asian American Employees Association (LACAAEA), an umbrella organization for diverse Asian origin County employees. A general discussion by few individuals, now members, led to an idea to form an association of the employees that are of south Asian Indian origin to increase cultural awareness and maintain strong diversity in the County workforce.