Tammy is the Deputy Director of Programs where she oversees the vision and strategic direction in the organization’s community engagement programs and leadership development work. Tammy joined Chinatown Community Development Center in 2008 and specializes in housing advocacy, resident organizing, and coalition building. She empowers tenants to effectively advocate for community-first policies through educational outreach, and played an integral part in growing the 1900 dues-paying membership of Community Tenants Association, to one of the largest tenant-based grassroots organization in San Francisco. While at Chinatown CDC, Tammy successfully led organizational-wide campaigns to pass numerous ballot measures in San Francisco, such as a Housing Trust Fund to generate $1.2 billion for affordable housing, and more recently, a $600 million housing bond to build affordable housing for seniors, families, and educators. Tammy was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Oakland and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Social Welfare and Legal Studies. She is biliterate in Chinese.
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