11 Facts About Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo is the president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Ai-jen Poo is the director of Caring Across Generations, a national coalition of 200 advocacy organizations working to transform the long-term care system in the US, with a focus on the needs of aging Americans, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.

Ai-jen Poo is a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award.

Ai-jen Poo has been mentioned as a potential future Secretary of Labor under a Democratic administration.

Ai-jen Poo's father, Mu-ming Poo, is a neuroscientist and one-time political activist who emigrated from Taiwan in the 1970s.

Ai-jen Poo's mother Wen-jen Hwu has a PhD in chemistry as well as an MD, and was an oncologist at two of the top cancer centers in Taiwan.

Ai-jen Poo attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards in 2018 as a guest of Meryl Streep.

Ai-jen Poo is the founder and former lead organizer of Domestic Workers United, an organization of Caribbean, Latina, and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York that organizes for "power, respect, and fair labor standards".

Ai-jen Poo has received the Open Society Institute Community Fellowship, the Union Square Award, the Leadership for a Changing World Award, the Ernest de Maio Award from the Labor Research Association, the Woman of Vision Award from Ms.

In honor of the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, Ai-jen Poo was recognized by Women Deliver as one of 100 women internationally who are "delivering" for other women.

Ai-jen Poo has written for The Huffington Post, The Guardian, and other news outlets.