Lailan Sandra Huen is a Doctoral Researcher in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, with a focus in Asian diaspora studies, ancestral somatics, and racial healing. Lailan holds a Bachelors in Asian American and Urban Studies from Columbia University and a Masters in Media Studies from The New School. She is an educator with over 20 years in youth development, public service, and community organizing. Her family came to San Francisco Chinatown after the Gold Rush, and sought refuge in Oakland Chinatown after the 1906 earthquake. Lailan served as the Senior Field Representative for California State Assemblymember Sandré Swanson on education and housing, and also for the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development building a national coalition to advocate for equitable community development policies for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Capitol Hill. She studied Chinatowns and other cultural neighborhoods across North America and authored the "Our Neighborhoods" report, which documents best practices from across the country to protect and bolster AAPI cultural districts. Her organizing to preserve Oakland Chinatown and secure community benefits agreements is featured in the award-winning documentary Alice Street, a story of cross-racial solidarity, cultural resilience and belonging in urban communities. Lailan is the Oakland Chinatown official tour guide for the Oakland Heritage Alliance, and leads tours for schools, educators and local residents. She also led the Monterey Asian American Studies Teacher Institute in partnership with the Quock Mui Foundation, and Ethnic Studies programs in the Oakland Unified School District as the Antiracist Learning Coordinator in the Office of Equity. Lailan founded Oakland Unified’s Asian Pacific Islander Student Achievement programs for struggling students and underserved communities. She currently serves as a Racial Healing Coach leading a fellowship for educators to build capacity, skills, and tools to address racial harm in schools.