Kabzuag Vaj, a social justice movement leader with over 26 years of experience in
nonprofit development and executive leadership who has helped create some of the
most trailblazing work and promising practices. Kabzuag is a non-profit infrastructure
expert cultivating sustainable, transformative partnerships and establishing/co-creating
powerful, sustainable, healthy movement organizations. In the last decade, she has built
a collective movement in Wisconsin amongst Southeast Asian and Black organizations
to increase civic engagement within these communities.

Kabzuag's journey into social justice movement work began at a young age. At 16, she
started assisting and housing at-risk teens, an experience that ignited her passion for
challenging abusive gender norms within her community. This personal connection to
the issues she advocates for underscores her belief that those most deeply impacted
must lead the movement. Her ability to convene diverse stakeholders, centering victims
and survivors, and her talent for unifying and mobilizing people across ethnic and racial
groups have established her as a global movement leader. She is an accomplished
movement leader revered as a thought leader and North Star within movement spaces.   

Currently, Kabzuag is the interim executive director of Freedom Inc. and Freedom
Action Now. Kabzuag is also a proud mother of 4 kids and an artist.