Amita Swadhin has been an educator, storyteller, and strategist for twenty years. Their work to end interpersonal and institutional violence stems from their experiences as a queer, non-binary femme, daughter of Indian immigrants, and survivor of incestuous childhood rape and domestic violence. In 2016, Amita founded Mirror Memoirs, a national nonprofit uplifting LGBTQI+ people of color who survived child sexual abuse. In 2009, Amita co-created Secret Survivors, a theater project featuring child sexual abuse survivors, with Ping Chong + Company. Amita is also a published writer. They hold an MPA from NYU, where they were a Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship Fellow.