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Mary Le Nguyen

Executive Director of Washington Community Action Network

Mary Le Nguyen is the first person of color to serve as Executive Director of Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN!), a racial, gender, and economic justice organization with a 34-year history and over 44,000 members statewide. Born to Vietnamese refugee parents in a small logger town, she learned early on how racism and poverty keep families from living a dignified life. Nguyen brings over a decade in community organizing experience in immigrant and refugee communities, workers’ rights, and reproductive justice.

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