Nikki Brown-Booker

Program Officer

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy.

As a person with a disability and a biracial woman, she has devoted her work to advancing rights at the intersection of disability justice and racial justice. The daughter of a domestic worker who immigrated from the Philippines and a professional chef and a long-term SEIU member, Nikki was taught from a young age that justice is a human right. Nikki was the Executive Director for Easy Does It Emergency Services, a nonprofit that provides emergency services for people with disabilities and seniors in Berkeley, California. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology, and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Nikki continues to organize with Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network, and helped pass the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Listen to her full length one-on-one interview on Patreon.com/TajaLindley
Interview length: 00:56:24