FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Vivian’s (she/her) life work is helping to build a Regenerative Economy in which all communities are healthy, green, and overflowing with opportunity and joy. She founded Just Homes in Oakland after a lifetime of witnessing her family and communities experience housing insecurity, environmental and climate injustice, economic marginalization, and gentrification. She comes to this work with a diverse background of advocating for environmental and climate justice policy, supporting community EJ leaders, and educating and mentoring BIPOC children and youth. Most recently she worked at The Greenlining Institute and on the Steering Committee of the CA Green New Deal Coalition on a Green Social Housing Campaign. 

Vivian is a leader on the boards of Indigenous Youth Voices and Camp Murciélago. She holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment - where she studied Environmental Justice - and B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California. Vivian is from the East Bay and spends her downtime playing in the ocean and volunteering with Salted Roots.