Rajkishun, Rovika

Rovika Rajkishun

Rovika Rajkishun is the Deputy Director of the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC). Most recently she was the Interim Co-Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) and its sister 501(c)4, NYIC Action. Rovika serves on the Board of Directors of Girls for Gender Equity and Neo Philanthropy Action Fund. Rovika was named as a City and State’s 2021 Power 100  and 2021 Nonprofit Power 100. Born and raised in Guyana, Rovika immigrated to Brooklyn, NY at age ten and was undocumented for a decade. As a member of an extended mixed status family, she brings lived experience and the hopes and aspirations of her family to her work. Rovika is a graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University.