Lisa Hasegawa has more than 20 years of community development, housing, and public health experience. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD), the first national advocacy organization dedicated to meeting the housing and community development needs of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. For more than 15 years, she led the coalition of nearly 100 community organizations and worked to improve the quality of life for low-income Asian American and Pacific Islanders by promoting economic vitality, civic and political participation and racial equity. In 2017, Hasegawa returned to her alma mater, UCLA, where she served in several capacities, including assistant director for federal affairs, policy fellow at the Asian American Studies Center and policy analyst for the Chancellor's Advisory Council on Immigration Policy.