Joana Chai-Chang Azterbaum is an organizer, public policy advocate and movement professional with Chinese-Jamaican and Jewish-Argentine roots, from the Verdugo foothills of Los Angeles and Glendale, unceded Tongva and Fernandeño Tataviam lands.

Her work throughout the years has been immersed in the intersectional issues of family policing, sex work decriminalization, LGBTQ and trans liberation, immigration, decarceration, anti-militarism.

She has worn many hats including as a Policy Advocate & Organizer with the ACLU of Southern California’s LGBTQ+, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project, Training & Development Coordinator at Dissenters, and Policy Associate at the Translatin@ Coalition.

In addition to her consulting practice, she is a leader with Reimagine Child Safety, boardmember with the National Trans Bar Association, and student at CUNY School of Law.

Her undergraduate studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, were focused at the intersection of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Media Studies. She enjoys dance music, art making, and food adventures.

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