Adria Orr

Adria Orr is a Senior Program Coordinator for Voting Rights and Census at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, based in Brooklyn, New York.1 Her professional experience includes:

1. Leading election protection work, including managing a poll monitoring program that has been the largest in northern California since 2016.1

2. Creating community education materials on voting and redistricting, engaging with community partners, and participating in advocacy efforts.1

3. Working on the Local Reproductive Freedom Index at the National Institute for Reproductive Health/NIRH Action Fund.1

4. Serving as a Graduate Junior Researcher at NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.1

5. Interning at the Asian American Federation in New York City.1

Adria has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Advocacy and Political Action from NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a BA in Development Studies from Brown University.1

In her role, Adria has been involved in redistricting efforts, particularly focusing on Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian) communities in California.2 She has participated in public input meetings for the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, advocating for the representation of these communities in the redistricting process.2