Daedra Staten

Hi, I’m Daedra, and I’m a diversity, anti-racism, and inclusion ("DAI") consultant and educator living in Los Angeles. I believe that diversity, antiracism, and inclusion touch everything that we do.

I am the founder and Chief Diversity Consultant at SCG Diversity Consulting which provides businesses, non-profits, and educational institutions with comprehensive diversity, anti-racism, and inclusion education, training, and programming. SCG’s projects vary in magnitude and depth depending on the client, but involve developing DAI panels and other educational programming, conducting organizational audits of internal DAI structures and practices, building and implementing DAI policies, and developing diversity recruitment and retention plans.

Prior to founding SCG, I spent the better part of a decade at UCLA Law, first as a law student, and then as the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, working with international graduate law students. In this capacity, I traveled the globe recruiting a diverse class for several months out of every year while also developing diversity and academic support programming.

I graduated from UCLA Law in 2013 with a specialization in Critical Race Studies and a focus on International and Comparative Law. I received a dual bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California in 2010 in International Relations Global Business (Marketing) and Philosophy (Ethics, Law & Value Theory). I am a member of the California State Bar.