Maisie Chin

Maisie Chin is Co-Founder and current Director of CADRE – Community Asset Development Re-defining Education, an independent, grassroots parent membership organization in South Los Angeles comprised of low-income African American and Latino parents/caregivers. After working in a K-16 institutional and foundation collaboration around education reform for over six years, Ms. Chin and a South LA parent launched CADRE in 2001. CADRE’s mission is to solidify and advance parent leadership to ensure that all children are rightfully educated regardless of where they live. Ms. Chin is a native Californian and child of Chinese immigrants. She has been part of the educational and social justice movement for 16 years, dedicated to fighting institutional racism by protecting and transforming public education in low-income neighborhoods of color. She also has 18 years of experience in facilitation, training, and organizational development. Ms. Chin holds both a Bachelors of Arts in History and a Masters of Arts in Urban Planning – Community Development from the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to directing CADRE, Ms. Chin is also an independent consultant and serves on the Board of Directors of Justice Matters, a national racial justice policy and research organization based in San Francisco, California.