Jennifer Wang comes to her role as Deputy Director of Programs for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) with a deep commitment to the reproductive justice lens. With nearly a decade of experience in policy and government affairs, Jennifer has built and managed a coalition of 80+ organizations to fight fraud and abuse, create a youth start-up nonprofit’s policy and government affairs systems from the ground up, help an abortion fund with its first foray into policymaking, and developed an expertise in negotiated rulemaking and administrative and legislative advocacy. Jennifer is an alumna of UCLA and the University of Iowa College of Law.

Amy Shannon currently serves as Alianza Americas’s Senior Advisor, providing strategic and programmatic analysis and guidance. She has worked extensively in philanthropy, both as a consultant and as a program officer in the Environment Programs at both the C.S. Mott Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where she conducted research on rural financial systems, sustainable enterprise, and social marketing. Amy has lived and worked extensively in Latin America, and now resides in Chicago, IL.

Lindsay Schubiner directs Western States Center’s program to counter the dangerous ascension of white nationalism and hate violence across the country. She previously led advocacy efforts against anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim bigotry at the Center for New Community. Lindsay has served as a Congressional staffer handling housing, health, and immigration policy, and managed advocacy for sexual health and rights at American Jewish World Service.

Diana Konaté is Policy Director at African Communities Together, where she advocates on behalf of African immigrants in front of federal lawmakers. Prior to joining ACT, Diana worked in the House of Representatives as a legislative assistant and scheduler. While a congressional staffer, Diana also served as President of the Congressional African Staff Association (CASA), an organization with a mission of educating the Capitol Hill community on Africa policy issues. Diana holds a J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from Old Dominion University.

Mustafa Jumale is the policy manager for the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). He is one of the co-founders of the Black Immigrant Collective and is the co-founder of Khyre Solutions LLC. He has worked on various policy issues such as remittances issues in Somalia, Human rights, education, female genital cutting, and immigration. He’s a recipient of the 2011 Josie Johnson Human Rights & Social Justice Award at the University of Minnesota. He holds a degree in Sociology and African American & African Studies from the University of Minnesota. He was a Policy Fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Policy.

Juliana Cabrales is Mid-Atlantic Director with the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. In this capacity, Juliana promotes the organization’s civic engagement campaigns in the Mid-Atlantic region and North Carolina while providing programmatic support to national civic engagement efforts. She was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Wesleyan College in Macon, GA and an Associate in Applied Science from Parsons The New School of Design in New York, NY. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NC Counts Coalition and NC Asian Americans Together.

Denise C. Bell is a researcher on refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International USA, where she serves as an expert on issues of migration and displacement in U.S. and human rights law and policy. She has led multiple field missions to the U.S. southern border and Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. Previously, she was the senior campaigner for Amnesty USA’s campaign on the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers, following her tenure as an Attorney Advisor on the New York Immigration Court. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, University of Cambridge, and Georgetown University Law Center.

Yanira Arias, a native of El Salvador and TPS holder, is the National Campaigns Manager for Alianza Americas. She leads the TPS advocacy, house to house outreach, SOMOS/We Are anti-racism programming and other key campaigns. She also brings more than a decade of experience in the field of public health, with special expertise in community mobilization and participation, community organizing and capacity building to address health disparities and social justice issues.Yanira graduated from the University of El Salvador in 1996 with a focus on journalism. Yanira is based in the Bay Area of northern California.