Yuri is the Program Consultant for SFCLT. In this role, she is responsible for resident support and resident education. Yuri was born and raised in the Bronx, NYC and currently resides in Oakland. She is a third generation Community Organizer with a BA in Public Policy/ History at Mills College and is the Goddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama. Before joining SFCLT, Yuri was the Director of Policy/ Community Engagement for the Mayor Thao’s administration.  She has also organized with organizations in Oakland and New York City including Faith in Action East Bay, Northern California Land Trust, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and created the first Youth Roundtable at the Community Service Society of New York. Throughout Yuri's 13 years of community organizing experience; she has organized around housing policies, mass incarceration, Stop and Frisk policy, economic inequity, community safety, and environmental justice. Yuri enjoys traveling, hiking, and baking.