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California, United States Lead & Co-Founder, CareForAll Mia is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of CareForAll, a U.S. social movement that will win health insurance we can all count on. Previously, she worked as a Global Health Corps Fellow with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, strengthening and providing health policy technical assistance for five years in Malawi and Liberia. Before … Read More

California, United States Executive Director, La Cocina Leticia is the Executive Director of La Cocina, a nonprofit food business incubator supporting primarily immigrant women and women-of-color entrepreneurs. She joined La Cocina in 2008 as the organization’s third employee and was instrumental in its tremendous growth to a $7M operation and 26-person staff. Leticia co-developed La Cocina’s award-winning incubator program model … Read More

California, United States Executive Director, Lotus Bloom Angela has over 25 years of experience developing and supervising programs throughout the Bay Area. In 2008, she founded Lotus Bloom, a culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and intergenerational Family Resource Center located in Oakland, CA. Through her leadership as Executive Director, Lotus Bloom has expanded centers to serve three high-risk neighborhoods throughout Oakland’s flatland … Read More

California, United States Gender Justice Leadership Programs Manager, Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network Yozantli Lagunas Guerrero (they/them/él) is a fat, non-binary, queer, Xicanx who strives to live in their authenticity. They are currently working at GSA Network as the Gender Justice Leadership Programs Manager supporting TQ2S+ youth leaders nationwide. They are committed to the liberation of trans and non-binary youth … Read More

California, United States Executive Director, California Nurse-Midwives Foundation Olivia has been on the Board of Directors for the California Nurse-Midwife Foundation since 2021. After completing her master’s degree in Midwifery in 2013 at Philadelphia University, Olivia joined a large, midwifery-led practice in the heart of Los Angeles. After 5 years as a staff midwife, she was promoted in 2019 to … Read More

California, United States Executive Director, Gender Alchemy Jess (he/him) is a queer trans man born and raised in Fresno, CA. He started his activism as an Equality California (EQCA) organizer against Prop 8 in 2008. He soon realized that there was more to LGBTQ+ activism than just marriage equality. Jess has been fighting for a more just and equitable world … Read More

California, United States Executive Director, Unapologetically HERS Aminah is a Black feminist, prison abolitionist, and advocate committed to systemic change in the criminal legal sphere. In her role as the Executive Director of Unapologetically HERS, Aminah leads programs that empower incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, trans, and gender-nonconforming individuals through education, advocacy, and leadership development. Her vision is to dismantle … Read More

California, United States Contra Costa County Site Director, Young Women’s Freedom Center – San Francisco Tumani (Tu) Drew is a sister to hella siblings. She is a descendant of warriors and resilient women. She lets her ancestors and experience guide her path in fighting against toxic, white patriarchal systems. Tumani studied grassroots methods and the power of historical transformational social … Read More

California, United States Board Member, Medical Volunteer, Al Otro Lado Theresa Cheng, M.D., J.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Co-Director of Social Emergency Medicine at UCSF. She holds an M.D. from Mayo Clinic and a J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law, specializing in International Law. Theresa focuses on incorporating social equity in … Read More

California, United States Vice President, Impact Strategies, United Way Bay Area Jacqueline is the Vice President of Impact Strategies at United Way Bay Area, where she leads cross-sector initiatives to address social inequities through collaborative, data-driven decision-making that centers the most impacted communities. With over 15 years of experience, she has dedicated her career to helping nonprofit and public agencies … Read More