Juliana Hu Pegues is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of American Indian Studies and the Asian American Studies Program and is part of the Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RIGS) Initiative. She has worked for a number of social justice organizations including RadAzns, the Justice for Fong Lee Committee, the Women’s Prison Book Project, Asian American Renaissance, and Asian Immigrant Women Advocates.