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 more equitable city where everyone can thrive.

Most recently, Adrien served as the Director of Housing & Community Development Policy at the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, where they led ANHD’s work around affordable housing beyond rent stabilization, including public housing. Prior to ANHD, Adrien was a founder of, and staff attorney in, the Equitable Neighborhoods practice of the Community Development Project (now TakeRoot Justice). Adrien 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 and The New York Daily News and featured in City Limits, 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, a professionally trained mediator, and a graduate of the Advocacy Institute’s inaugural Educator Pipeline. 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.