Christen Lee
Program Associate

Christen has been with NCDI since July 2007. As a Program Associate, she works on various capacity-building and organizational effectiveness projects with community-based organizations. During and immediately after law school, she worked with Asian Immigrant Women Advocates where she employed popular education philosophies to teach English and workers’ rights. As VP of Political Affairs for the Korean American Coalition of San Francisco, Christen coordinates projects to engage the Bay Area Korean American community in legislative and political issues. She also volunteers with Project Peace East Bay, which connects the resources of local churches with the needs of local social service providers. Christen recently participated in the Applied Research Center’s Racial Justice Leadership Institute. She has a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) and a B.A. with honors in History from Yale University. She feels blessed to follow her primary passion for collaborative social justice movements in diverse, low-income communities.