Kymberlie Quong-Charles

Kymberlie Quong-Charles is a co-executive director at Youth Rise Texas, a nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, that is dedicated to creating the conditions for youth of color to rise from systems of oppression, heal from past traumas of parental incarceration and deportation, and become leaders in their communities that affect positive change. Quong-Charles has more than two decades of experience working in community organizing, social justice and youth empowerment.