Debra (she/her) worked for nonprofit organizations for over three decades to build a safer and more equitable society. As the executive director of the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF), an organization founded to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the immigrant Asian/Pacific Islander community, she addressed the intersections of gender and racial/ethnic inequity for over 23 years. Prior to joining CPAF, she worked at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles where she established the Asian Unit to increase Asian/Pacific Islander immigrants’ access to legal service and representation. Debra serves on the board of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence and California Office of Emergency Services Domestic Violence Advisory Council. She is the mother of a graduate from Sequoyah’s high school.