Adrien is a racial justice policy advocate based in New York City. They believe strongly that those closest to the problems must be leaders in generating solutions, and are committed to supporting directly impacted community members and organizers in their fight to achieve a world where everyone can thrive.

Currently, Adrien is the Director of Training and Curriculum at the Advocacy Institute, which supports the legislative advocacy of social justice and movement-building organizations in New York City and State to help them lead - and win - progressive policy campaigns. Prior to AI, Adrien served as the Director of Housing & Community Development Policy at the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, where they led ANHD’s work around public housing and fair housing. Adrien was also a founder of, and staff attorney in, the Equitable Neighborhoods practice of the Urban Justice Center Community Development Project (now TakeRoot Justice). They previously worked in the American Civil Liberties Union Racial Justice Program, where their work focused on school segregation and school-to-prison pipeline issues, and at the Center for Social Inclusion (now Race Forward).

Adrien’s work has been published in The Yale Law Journal, The New York Daily News, and City Limits and featured in City & State, Teen Vogue and The New York Times, which called their post-Sandy relief effort in Coney Island "better organized than the City." Adrien is a 2018 NextCity Vanguard and a professionally trained mediator. A first-generation American born and raised in the NYC area, Adrien lives in Flatbush, Brooklyn and is a graduate of Yale Law School and Wesleyan University.