Organizing Director
May Tiwamangkala
Staff Category: staff
Charlene Choi
Development Manager
Bhavya Nayna Channan
We are excited to welcome Bhavya Nayna Channan as Advancing Justice | Chicago’s new Director of Development! Bhavya will lead our dynamic development team, which is responsible for our fundraising initiatives, board development, and institutional giving strategy. Bhavya brings over a decade of experience in national and international fundraising. She has worked across not-for-profits… Read more »
Nidhi Shastri
Nidhi Shastri joins Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago as a community organizer. She has worked as an audio journalist and organizer, seeking to share stories to create a more equitable society. Nidhi traces her passion for storytelling and helping the Asian community back to her mother, who would retell old Indian myths in Gujarati… Read more »
Ellen Zhou
Ellen Zhou joins Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago as a Community Organizer. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social policy from Northwestern University with a minor in Asian American Studies. Ellen has actively engaged in initiatives that promote language justice and support immigrant communities. Ellen was a core leader of the Immigrant Justice Working… Read more »