Kaitie (she/her) leads the Budget and Policy Center’s immigrant justice policy analysis and advocacy.

As a lifelong Washingtonian and granddaughter of Chinese immigrants, Kaitie is inspired by her family and community to advance immigrant rights and racial justice. Kaitie is passionate about relationship building and education as strong vehicles to center and support people most impacted to drive transformative change. She has built the leadership of immigrant youth across Washington State, and advanced meaningful policy campaigns focused on keeping immigrant families together, tenants’ rights, language access in K-12 schools, and early learning.

Kaitie loves anything related to food – cooking and baking food, learning about food in relation to culture and politics, sharing food, and, of course, eating food. You can find Kaitie outside on a walk around the neighborhood and connecting with folks at community events, usually with a snack or coffee in hand.

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